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Past two weeks we visited home, in India after 4.5 years thanks to COVID restrictions. India has changed, and is constantly changing. I being an NRI and a tourist this time, will not pass judgements but I will share what I observed and it bothers me to no end. I saw a child no older […]
Read More death of childhoodOnly 2 weeks are left of this utterly ghastly abomination of an year. I do have some gratitude to express, my immediate family which is now spread across the world, is safe and healthy. We still have jobs and have the privilege to work from home. There is hope, the vaccine for Coronavirus is already […]
Read More 2020Its been a few years since I have scribbled here. The world is different now, my life is quite different now and I am different now. I do not visit the blog often, but when I do at times I do not understand why did I write a post and sometimes it feels as if […]
Read More KindnessYears ago on a dark autumn night one which none can love with any delight. The ground was still yellow, and the glowing pumpkins were mellow. Back then I was a damnable fellow, No less than a devil’s bedfellow I was still a teen, And it was only Halloween My evil wits had already […]
Read More Halloween HorrorAh, wasabi and I haven’t been friends, we started off on the wrong foot. Twice I my life have I tasted the vile thing, both of the times it has snuck up on me in a work situation where I did not have the luxury to extract myself from the room. The first time was […]
Read More In Wasabi, I met my Kryptonite!Years ago, the world was your oyster The paths were beautiful and the will had muster Dreams were meant to be realized there And steps took you somewhere. Days passed and the hope as chipped away By emails, by meetings and on the keyboard it was tapped away Desires, and dreams went astray For you […]
Read More Chipped AwayTan..tan..tun…tun..tan…the chimes of his sickle shaped utensil hitting the dark iron wok could be heard atleast a block away. Each afternoon, around the last few minutes of the 13th hour I could hear him approaching. I’d be usually be sweating in my school uniform, just arrived from school, with my mother bidding me to change before […]
Read More Where did the popcorn wallah go?Two days ago, I witnessed, along with over 200 other people the 113th minute goal by Goetze. It sealed the FIFA World Cup 2014 for the German Mannschaft (team). Those few split seconds at the end changed to resounding display of sheer joy. I noticed people crying on this victory. For a country where football […]
Read More Why we must stop linking the World Cup Victory of Germany with its past!The four words of the above title have been repeated multiple times since this Monday on various news channels. While, I being not in India was denied the opportunity to vote (as postal ballot is not a reality for us), the rest of the country did. It has been a remarkable 6-7 months, I have […]
Read More Elections 2014: The People have spoken…In the past few years I have traveled a lot by trains in different countries, while nothing beats the punctuality of the Swiss Railways (SBB), or the speed of Deutsche Bahn & TrainItalia, none of these travel systems have the true experience like the Indian Railways. During my college days I’d used to travel regularly […]
Read More Indian Train Journeys – An experience like none other
Journeys and Journals 