There are two things that define modern Indian culture more than anything else: Bollywood and cricket. Throughout my travels and years spent abroad the first thing that people mentioned to me once they...

Scene: At the library of a prominent centre for French learning: Yours truly is a grammar Nazi of sorts (yes, even in a language that I cannot speak much), but luckily for me,...

Yes, time travel is possible. Yes, I did come back sixty years from now to talk to you - me, that is. God, this is going to be confusing for me - for...

A strange conversationThrough the privilege of being a Reiki teacher, I often get to hear a lot of interesting statements from a large number of people. One of the conversations that left me...

बचपन से अजीब अजीब सवाल: 1. तुम गलत हाथ क्यों इस्तेमाल करते हो ? 2. बाएं हाथ इस्तेमाल करने वाले शैतान होते हैं 3. क्या आप मुस्लिम हैं, बायें हाथ तो सिर्फ मुस्लिम...

एक अपराधी संजय दत्त को 1993 में हुए मुंबई बम धमाकों के मुकदमे में 5 साल की सज़ा क्या हुई पूरे देश में विचित्र (?) लोगों द्वारा भावनाओं का सैलाब उमड़ पड़ा और...

The Boy and The ManOnce upon a time, a small boy in a dusty town used to sell chai. He was not particularly fond  of what he used to see around  himself -...

Ab Bus! After a long day at work, I got into an AC bus that would drop me around half a kilometre away from my gym. The muggy summer heat of Mumbai, combined...

"संत दूसरों के बच्चे ही अच्छे लगते हैं..." माँ की आँखों का सूखापन उनके अक्सर गिरते आँसुओं से ज्यादा चिंताजनक था। बात करते-करते वो कब अपनी यादों के भंवर में फँस गयीं मुझे...

Not all that gets rained on gets drenched It could have been any rainy monsoon evening in Mumbai, and the city, after months of oppressive summer heat, is dancing in joy, too relieved...