Who says what to stay smart
Smart politicians. Smart bureaucrats. Smart managers. Smart journalists. Smart soldiers. Smart bloggers. Smart authors. Smart travelers. Smart housewives. Smart shoppers. Smart vendors. Smart drivers. Smart cyclists. Smart walkers. Smart parents. Smart enemies. Smart speakers. Smart beggars. Smart pedestrians. The truth is that there is no end to who or what aspires to get tagged with...
We’re almost there
Smartness is in. Today even a bin Thinks it is a sin To mix And not fix The biodegradables With harmful disposables. IoT is on its way to win Smartness is finally in. Look anywhere around in a store or browse anywhere on an online portal, the most frequent eyeball catchers will invariably be gadgets...
We accept that we are more Indian than you think
We live in a country that is around 3,214 kms from north to south and about 2,933 kms from east to west with a land frontier of about 15,200 kms. According to the 2011 census, we have 623.2 million males and 587.5 females and this massive population lives on a mere 2.4 percent of the...
More Indian Than You Think
I browse the net and see the world At home in bed as I lie curled I hug the world through my Facebook Through tweets I let them watch my nook Whatsapp to know what’s up and on I Instagram through night and morn I travel far before you blink Yet I’m more Indian than...
Open up… you’re in India
The strangest thing about being an Indian is that we believe quite a bit of all that dear Bollywood feeds us… or all that gets fixated in our minds because we have not yet seen the complete picture. The give-me-some-sugar-in-a-bowl myth Such neighbors are everywhere and there is absolutely no escape from them. There will...
The future is more Indian than you think
Evolution and revolution are not related. Indians are as evolved as anyone else around the world and walk on their feet, talk in a language that a community understands, eat stuff that is popular all over, follow traditions, respect the notion of families living together, and generally do everything that anyone anywhere will also be...
Economics of life is all about saving and not saving
Yes, we are intrinsically and genetically embedded into both the art of saving as well as not saving. Saving and not saving are both virtues. We gave away smiles and shared goodwill… and saved some money every month and whether it was deposited in the bank, PPF, or FDs bought, this saving also resulted in...
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...
Truly alive
I guess an adventure is when you do something that you have never done… so yes, by this definition even writing a poem for someone who has no idea of metres, syllables, and rhymes is as intense an adventure as is driving the F1 car in an international driving circuit for someone who generally drives...
Read the contest rules, buddy!
Let me begin with the most hilarious example of instructions misunderstood during a contest. I was a part of the NDTV-Volvo Adventure Challenge that involved 12 teams of two drivers for each Volvo XC60. On the second day we had to read clues and reach three destinations within the city of Bhopal. We started from...
Crunchy Queen Paneer Pasta is so Bollywoodian
Food isn’t just about necessity… it does everyone a lot of good to weave in pleasure and then some extra smiles will be on their way to you. Add a pinch of Bollywood to it and smiles may get garnished by applause as well. Now I’m sure you’ve watched that Bollywood blockbuster ‘Queen’ where in...
No Limit to Adventure
Yes, there must never be any limits set to the spirit of adventure… this is one facet of life that keeps it bubbly forever. Go out and zoom into the midst of life Cut out the insipid with an adventure knife! Adventurous spirit is what I am talking about… the spirit that pushes one out...
