Holy cow! Why in the world will we want to move away from traditions?
Jarping. Songkran. Ruzzola. Namaste. This post is about understanding traditions and why need a contemporary make-over.
Happiness is way above smiles
If happiness were smiles, Whatsapp will be our God. Stand-up comedians will then be angels. Jokes will be the mantras to chant daily. Comedy will be the genetic sutra in religious books to be revered. Fiction will then have some comical character as the protagonist every time. Places of religious worship will have comic-books in...
Look who’s watching me
Don’t ever think you are not being watched. Even when you think there is no one around and you are surrounded by silence. Even when it is dark and nothing is visible. Even when there are people around busy doing their work. Eyes don’t walk and even when they shift their glance they do it...
A maverick trapped in a body
Life is a fun-loving sentence that doesn’t follow any rules of sublime grammar. No rules of nouns and pronouns or conjunctions and prepositions asking words to follow a specified pattern. I have seen full-stops popping up even before pauses have existed. There are times when adjectives pile up in comic sequences without even attempting to...
Evig
Evig, let me say without a preamble, is the word ‘give’ inverted. It is saner than its cousin ‘give’ and far less cocky. Giving is great but is intimidating when announced with intent to benefit because then you are giving only when you are expecting the world to acknowledge that you are the giver which...
Dussehara changes nothing because we haven’t really changed
The locally erected Ravan is barely hundred yards away and I can see it clearly from my seventh floor balcony. I can see that scintilla growing into an enveloping fire… but before I could feel any oy at this symbolic annihilation of evil, I hear this song loud clear… ‘kar chale hum fida jaan-o-tan saathiyon...
Ravan Reloaded
Ravan is an interesting character… so what if he exists only in a mythological epic. We celebrate his defeat every year and call it a victory of good over evil. But evil still goes on and good is still busy fighting it… just look at the newspapers or the news on the telly and you’ll...
The Making of Durga Idols During Devi Paksha
Durga Puja is no longer something that excites only one community nor is the celebration limited to a few regions… the fervour is the same all over the country. Delhi now probably has more than a thousand puja pandals. But this post isn’t about the pandals… it is about the making of Durga idols and...
The visible is the mystery
No, there is no cellar in our house and no attic, no hidden cupboards and no passageways opening up when you strike the wall in a particular way. I remember there was a time when all this troubled me a lot… but I was in school then and was reading a lot of Ellery Queen...
Next in the queue
Queues and the word ‘next’ are as clichéd as a politician hopping from one party to another. Opting for a title submerged in clichés doesn’t mean though that an original idea won’t suddenly pop up to surprise you. But let me just say that the idea for this title came when I heard someone ask...
Yes, the Gods ordered
Even I would never have believed had Arjun Rampal not told me the story. Well I’m talking of Arjun and Rampal, two of my best friends who love walking up and down the ramp in every major fashion show all over the country. In our circle of friends we call them Arjun Rampal as it...
I met God once, you know
God is a sensation. And He is sensational too. This fellow has a knack for springing surprises at the most unexpected time. Every time in the midst of writing a post as I am constructing a really difficult but interesting sentence, the phone will ring… and with my left hand I just pick it up...
