This short story was written for the #TOI Write India Contest. The format was that they gave a fixed common opening paragraph and we had to complete it into a story. Paragraph supplied by Ashwin Sanghi in bold. Rest of the story is mine. Hope you guys like it. Cheers ! I observed him carefully…
So I supported the AAP in the Loksabha elections.This post is intended to explain 4 things: 1. Why did I vote for the AAP ? 2. How do I feel about the BJP now ? 3. What will I do going forward ? 4. Why am I so thrilled today despite the defeat of the…
Yo, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want, If you wanna be my leader, you have got to change, Talking is too easy, but that’s the way it is. – to paraphrase the Spice Girls number inexplicably playing in my head since morning A for AAP, B for BJP, C for Congress,…
Benaras(Varanasi) is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together. Mark Twain Once created by Shiv and Parvati at the place where they stood at the beginning of time, Varanasi is one of the most kick-ass cities of India in terms of…
Short answer: I do. He dares to be a fool and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom – James Hunekar Essay type answer: Less than a month since the Aam Aadmi Party came to power and they have already made a few enemies. Some call them socialist, some call them communist,…
I love Arvind Kejriwal for what he has done to vitalize the youth and make politics an everyday game, but I love his antics on TV everyday even more than that. He has added masala entertainment to an otherwise drab screen. I actually watch TV now. The general belief in India was and…
Chris Martin aka The Phantom retired yesterday. His cricinfo biography describes him as,“Hardworking with the ball and outrageously feeble with the bat….” and it is about as good as you can do in describing the Phantom. With a batting average of 2.3 and 233 Test wickets (yes his batting average is less than 1/100th of…
