Twenty-twenty in a tweet post
The first match of IPL 2013 on the 3rd of April deserves more than the conventional format of a post. This game of twenty-Twenty in cricket is getting more and more unthinkable as the years go by. The innings scores are getting higher, field placements are getting strategic, new rules crop up every once in a while,...
I can play a bit of cricket
To be frank, the only thing worth remembering from the IPL 2013 inauguration was Dhoni telling us all from Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata: ‘I can play a bit of cricket.’ Just seven words that encompass a lot of humility… the rest of the inauguration was a pompous mess! So let’s talk about this pompous...
‘Dil jumping zapaak’ days are back!
If Farah says that it is ‘dil jumping zapaak’ that happens every time there is a catch or every time a batsman hits a six or even gets out during the IPL matches, so be it. Which simply means that it is ‘dil jumping zapaak’ days that are back and will go on to stay...
A Grand Galaxy?
The galaxy isn’t just an enigma… it is a grand enigma. Something that towers above all else. Here is one short poem dedicated to the GRAND GALAXY… Stars twinkle and planets go about doing Whatever it is that they do best And some Galaxy majestically embraces them all Helping them shine and reach out To...
How far can rage take a man? Review of ‘Prey by the Ganges’
‘How far can rage take a man?’ asked Hariya. ‘To the end of the earth,’ replied Shambhu, in a voice sharp as the edge of a blade. ‘Or to the bottom of the earth.’ As I read these lines, I finished reading the second chapter and it was already becoming increasingly difficult to leave the...
What is freedom?
What do I think of freedom? Does it come with Tsardom or Czardom? Or Sheikhdom, chiefdom, Queendom, Princedom? No, these are nowhere near freedom! What is freedom? Well, is it found in gypsydom? Or Pagandom, Rebeldom, Saintdom? Or Hippiedom, Gangsterdom, Heathendom? No, no, I thought, these are too random. What is freedom? I searched then...
Immortality comes with a heavy price. Review of ‘I, Rama. Age of Seers.’
We’ve all been reading the story of Rama and there are quite a few of the tales from his life that are already known to us. Ravi Venu, however, decided to tell us the same story balancing a glass of a heady dose of Vodka in one hand and a glass of Rooh Afza in...
Do we really want a revolution in education?
Revolution is a confused word. It defines itself as ‘a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people’s ideas about it’ and then turns around to stare at me as it redefines itself as ‘motion in orbit or a circular course or around an axis or center’. One...
A battle epic, with devas and asuras! – Review of ‘The Forest of Stories’ by Ashok K Banker
‘This book,’ I said to a friend, ‘doesn’t have stories from this century nor from any of the centuries that you read about in the history books.’ ‘Really?’ he was confused and appeared reluctant to know more. ‘However,’ I persisted, ‘ this book has stories that still have the power to connect with your present...
Balasaraswati – The Truth. A review of the book ‘Balasaraswati: Her Life & Art’
Thanjavur Balasaraswati (1918 – 1984) – a dancer and a musician, a legend who combined the traditions of the past with a futuristic vision… to give bharatnatyam its rightful position in the world of arts. I have reviewed this book on video too and I’m sure you’d all want to see that before you go...
An intimate peep into Ravana
Is violence always political? No, such questions aren’t just asked by the Oxford University admissions team while interviewing students for admission… such queries have been doing the rounds for ages. The violence of a war is generally backed by political intent, or shall we say, political discontent! And you see this all around you. Disrupted...
If the world seems cold to you, KINDLE fires to warm it
Lucy Larcom was too busy penning her poems in the late nineteenth century America and was around a century away from what Amazon christened a Kindle! However, the modern day Kindle also kindles a fire and serves the warmth of books in a very affordable sort of way. It did so even in its earlier...
