You can close your eyes to the reality but not to memories
Travel brings out the best in us And we know each other without a fuss The scenes and the sounds come back Giving life a lovable track And at some future date we always do Go back in time to live life through Those times when we explored together In hospitable and inhospitable weather The...
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...
Two reasons why I love smelly things
‘You love smelly things?’ asked Specky, my wife with incredulity in her eyes as she read the title of my post. Yes, I do,’ I said, ‘and I have enough reasons to prove that I am sane.’ She promised to read my post once it was done and walked away spraying Ambipur room freshener all...
Visa for an 85 year old man
It is fascinating to see an 85 year old man getting ready to apply for a visa and be with his grandson. I guess a lot of people will read proactive enthusiasm, yearning to plan, energy to explore, a dive into the spirit of a positively interactive life and many other traits that management pundits...
It’s always about imagination
Imagination rules… Imagination scores… and imagination wins every time, without exception. You see, creation is a result of imagination… and so whenever I see a new gadget, device or even a car all I try to see is how well imagination has been used. Is it unusual? Are there elements of the unexpected? Let me...
You can drive
You can expect the unexpected when bloggers get together to do anything… and believe me, this isn’t at all unpredictable. There will be lobbies made without anyone even trying, there will be jibes and snide remarks to hear if you have come with your ears cleaned up, and there will invariably be the whispered bouts...
The age of intuition is here
We live in times when reason, everyone says, is what guides intuition… but we know the sort of outcome a high degree of objectivity can result in. ‘Let the heart decide what it wants,’ I say, ‘the heart knows much more than the brain can ever conclude.’ I hear a lot of readers saying, ‘I...
This Alien Never Sleeps
I have no idea where he came from. I mean I was never any good at geography and to know where he came from I was supposed to be adept at the geography of the universe or astronomy, as my teachers often told me. He did mention some mumbo-jumbo that sounded like somewhere in the...
The guts of doing what is right
The guts of doing what is right: Review of ‘The game of Life – Shattered Dreams’ Ramayana, like any other epic anywhere else in the world, is as good as the way it is interpreted. I mean, if you read a badly interpreted version of even the Bhagwad Gita, you might not really find anything...
The art of soiling what is clean
I’ve always told Specky, my wife that there is real art in soiling what is clean than the other way round. But wives being what they are, they keep cleaning soiled clothes over and over, day after day. They get up before you’ve even come to the climax of that wonderful dream you’re having. But...
The artist within
Somewhere inside every heart hides an artist who dreams of repainting the world in a different way. Some of these artists are revolutionary and radical and others are simply laid back dreamers who want a different dab here or there. When I ask this artist what he wants to be changed, he hears a laughter...
Yelling doesn’t get your point across
It does matter to me that we live in times where yelling wins and silence loses and where political guile outruns an honest pat on the back. We live in times when you bug if you hug and are sought if you have the mind of a villain. ‘Put back the clock,’ I say, ‘or...
