A citizen of passion
These are times when it is safer to embrace passion popping out of your inbox… and these words have the basic aim to brighten up a difficult period. A few of us experienced the passionate joy of travel to some of the brightest moments in the cultural history of our country when we travelled to...
Budher Caves near Chakrata
Treks can be tiring, exhausting, hazardous and sometimes be just long and winding steep climbs that seem to go on and on and on… but the trek to Budher Caves is more than how any conventional mind would define it. For one, not many know about this place. And quite importantly, the climb through a...
The view from room 522
The view from room 522 More, give me more More of this and more of that More this side and more everywhere More is the score More under every hat More to save and more to spare. In a world where more dominates I enter room 522 in Radisson here And walk to the window....
Untangling the insanity of doing business
Untangling the insanity of doing business Review of Irrationally Passionate Well, yes, every once in a while someone who can infuse a new perspective to business decision-making and executions pops up like an Argonaut to set things right. The story of Jason Kothari and the way he turned from a rebel to an entrepreneur is...
Mixology in Agra
Mixology in Agra A handful of history A heapful of culture A dash of mystery Can obviously stir And carry emotions To a new tourism high. Heavenly potions Of what, where, and why Waltz in this city now And I begin this trip To Agra to wow With a soulful tourism sip. . . ....
Just be one
Just be one Being different is being human. Our choice of thoughts for words Or words for our thoughts Dress up the entire horizon. The entire horizon belongs to us all. That’s the only way to exist Or coexist, if that appeals more. Seeing as one isn’t important But being one matters. . . ....
Jaali in Mughal architecture – poetry in stone
Life is a poetic super-imposition of patterns and as Chuck Palahniuk puts it, ‘there are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns’. The sonnet of jaalis, as I choose to put it, is all too obvious in the known and relatively unknown architectural...
Rankings point to the right direction
An article published in ‘World Population Review’ says that ‘education is considered to be a human right and plays a key role in human, social, and economic development. Education promotes gender equality, promotes peace, and increases a person’s chances of having more opportunities in life.’ We are well aware that education needs to be imparted...
The subtle art of stepping away
Deciding to step away from one path or way of life is no reason for panic as another magically appears even before one realizes. So when one leaves the tarred road, a meandering path through meadows or forests may appear… maybe there will be a walk along a gently flowing river. This is what gives...
Make way for hope, please
Make way for hope, please . Silence smacks hard But so do words And blood spurts out Every time Whether one sees it or not. Caught in between Are a few tut-tuts, sighs And grunts that are unable to decide Where truth lies. This violence is maddening And the noise deafening But meandering unscathed Is...
Words can turn your world upside-down
Words can turn your world upside-down . Words scramble, lunge, scoot, Fly around aimlessly, collide, And without us even knowing Slave thoughts for their ride. From whatever the nation wants To wherever a quote or a misquote Decides in all its wisdom, it is Words calling us from their boat. And all the time we...
The meek never question
The meek never question To die before one is dead is to die Without having hugged the word why Or even why not. People stick to what they’re taught. . . Arvind Passey Written on 20 January 2020
