Monthly Archives: October 2005

A few bomb blasts. Many killed, many more injured. A regular phenomenon. The locations change. The results similar. What will this mindless mayhem ever achieve? Nothing. If fear for them is an achievement. They haven’t even attained that. The markets … Continue reading →

Serial bomb blasts rock Delhi. They can bomb us, maim us, kill us, but our spirit remains unshattered.

I still recall the last paper of by university degree exam. I was elated. Not because my pre-results calculations had arrived at the conclusion that I’ll manage to scrape through respectfully, but due to a sense of freedom. Freedom from … Continue reading →

I’m not exactly a party pooper. It’s just that I don’t feel comfortable in a crowd of unfamiliar drunks. Office parties are fine, but they should be scheduled on weekends. Coming for a morning shift after a wild night on … Continue reading →

This tag thing reminds me of the relay races I used to participate in at school and never won. I with my non-athletic traits, I was usually the weakest link in the chain. As they say ‘the chain is as … Continue reading →

Blood is life. Blood is important, therefore blood relations are so valued and letters of passion are written in the fluid. Is it therefore that people are reluctant to part with even a few millilitres of the precious fluid? A … Continue reading →

I counted. It’s 40 steps from the street below to my third floor flat. Mount Everest is 8,848 meters high. I remember. The population of India is more than a billion. I don’t know the exact figure. Nobody does. Do … Continue reading →

When the distances are unchallenging, I prefer to traverse them on my own feet. Last Saturday, there wasn’t much to do at work and the usual afternoon blues didn’t come knocking. But I thought of taking a cycle-rickshaw ride back … Continue reading →

Whenever my blank-balance starts to get a little cozy, my palms start itching. My last itch-session led me to get myself a digital camera. Hereupon there’ll be more of ‘original’ pictorial accompaniments to my posts and I’ll probably take a … Continue reading →

“The Indian blogging community (or blogosphere, as it likes to call itself) is essentially a bitchy, selfindulgent and an almost incestuous network comprising journalists, wannabe-writers and a massive army of geeks who give vent to their creative ambitions on the … Continue reading →