I don’t believe in religion. There! I said it! I was in ninth grade. There was a moral science class going on. Our regular teacher was absent hence our vice- principal Sr M was conducting the class. It was a combined class with three sections squeezed together. Imagine eighty+ fifteen year old girls packed together […]
Humor
An Old Diary
I was hunting for an old songs diary in one of my bookshelves early this morning. [Aside: I wake up before dawn so early morning is like mid-day to me. I’m totally into hunting for diaries by then. And yes, song diary? The diary one wrote song lyrics in, pre-internet. Alright, I’m THAT old! Doll- […]
Facebook Rules Ver 1.0
You thought you were getting it all free, didn’t you? That you’d get to do your own thing, your own way? Have loads of fun? Break a few hearts, put a few aristocratic noses out of joint in a merry free for all? Ha. As your poor mother tried to din into your thick skull […]
Eve Teasing or Adam Terrorizing?
I think it is time I told the truth about THE BLADE. Truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God…! I had a Rampuri knife once upon a time. Rampuri is the name given to a switchblade knife. It is standard issue for Bhai-logs in Mumbai I am told. No Bhai worth his […]
Life Watch
The little girl sat on the window sill, watching life amble past. It was late afternoon. Her parents were out, working. She, all of four years, was alone at home. It never bothered her, on the contrary. She preferred to be alone. Her house was on the road. One opened the front door, went down […]
Preparing For Apocalypse
I noticed something funny at Linkedin. All day, the most numerous updates I get on Linkedin are from these two females who keep ‘connecting’ with people all day long. The grim zeal with which they connect with an average of 70 people a day (each) is frightening. One of them has a profile picture […]
Dear Santa
Dear Santa, I have been good this year because I have single-handedly caused hundreds of people remember God, the Big Boss Himself. You have to agree, amongst all the good deeds anyone can do, inspiring people to be aware of God more fervently than they are is surely at the top of the list? I knew you’d […]
Scaling the Heights of Failure
Success is sweet. It has turned into an industry by itself. We all love it… we covet it… we pursue it. The farther it seems from us the more frenzied we get… reading it up… devouring it… soaking it in our soul. In that desperation, we forget to savor the failures. Somehow I feel very […]