I am very ashamed of the fact that I am a very poor reader. Whilst I have friends and cousins who are very well read, I have oft struggled to finish a book. You can blame it on my hectic schedule or procrastination. But there are some books I do end up finishing in a […]
Filed under: Books, Views & Opinions | 1 Comment »
This is an informal review of Republic of Chicken which has recently opened at MGF Mall (Lifestyle Mall) at Rajouri Garden (or Raja Garden, whatever you want to call it). What attracted me to Republic of Chicken was the familiarity with the signboard, which I had seen innumerable times whilst crossing South Ex I. Also, […]
Filed under: Delhi, Eating Out | 5 Comments »
What’s happening to European Football? Well, we know that player transfers and acquisitions have been an integral part of the European football folklore, but things are getting just too hot these days, not just with player transfers, but also with club acquisitions. Manchester City, a club that has not won any major title since 1976, […]
Filed under: People, Sports, Views & Opinions | 4 Comments »
Is this a world of miracles
Or just pleasant incidents
Where thrills overtake adventure
And adventure conceives relief
An airplane (oh! Not the Queen’s Aeroplane)
Hit by a flock of birds
In the land of deadly eagles
Lands into the Hudson
And people hail it as “Miracle on the Hudson”
Fresh from another miracle
Of having a black president in the White House!
The pilot becomes […]
Filed under: Poetry, World | 5 Comments »
If you are a Punjabi, or even have a remote Punjabi connection, you know what I am talking about. Lohri is a festival where all Punjabis every year on Jan 13 gather around a bonfire and throw popcorn, groundnuts and what not into it. Once the fire has doused, we pick all the edible stuff […]
Filed under: India, Views & Opinions | 10 Comments »
Not exactly taking forward from where I left yesterday, I still can’t help saying that we live in a world of conflicts, and newspaper headlines every day are a harsh reminder of that. For the past two days, two historical and everlasting conflicts have been doing rounds of major tabloids all over the world, and […]
Filed under: World | No Comments »
Heal the world, make it a better place
For you and for me, and the entire human race
There are people dying, if you care enough
For the living, make a better place
For you and for me
- Heal the World, Michael Jackson
This world is a place of conflicts. Our inner conflicts. Conflicts between people, between relations. Conflicts […]
Filed under: World | 3 Comments »
I remember mentioning in one of my earlier posts that how Indian politics is still being ruled by septuagenarians and octogenarians. When Narendra Modi was asked a few days back to comment on the ageing prime ministerial candidate in LK Advani, the Guajarat Chief Minister, quite confidently and with awkward smile, answered that a complex […]
Filed under: History, India, People, Politics, Views & Opinions | 3 Comments »
