PAVEMENT VIEWS

There are a lot many more out there and it is cause enough to worry. Anybody born in the 70s would have grown up hearing that India’s...

The year was 1992, and three young women were asked one question – “What is the first thing you would do if you were the head of your...

In 1947, as India awoke to freedom and self-governance, the world sat back and waited. Everybody waited, smug in the knowledge that India...

I guess my journey began with the book Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. I agreed with the author that someone who has seen God can only tell...

Hollywood loves its celestial event movies. Be it Lara Croft or Armegeddon, rare celestial events are for ever threatening life as we...

Hyderabad now has a greenfield airport. It is a box of glass and metal that sits at the outermost reaches of the city it serves. While...

So Tiger Woods cheated on his wife. Question, how does that matter to anybody except the Woods? Question, why does it deserve to make a...

The right to protest and make one’s voice heard is a fundamental right and ties very closely with the right to be free and the freedom of...

Sumi and I have begun walking in the evening. We walk up and down the road in front of the house for about 30 min. Apart from being good...

Sumi wanted to tell him how hard his parents work to make the money to get him things. Sumi: Where do you think all this money is coming...

Over the last two weeks our TV sets have brought home news and images of racist violence against Indians in Australia. Our noise brigade,...

Cricket seems to be hellbent on shooting itself in the foot. Instead of making itself more competitive, the old men upstairs seem to...

Moments of crisis hold a very special place in history because they are the moments when man steps up to the plate to bat with the...

Son: Dad, I have someone in my life. Dad feels the perspiration break out in anticipation of what is coming. Son: I know you have very...

One of the good things about smoking is that you get a feel of the number of people who actually care for you. They come up with ideas to...

What I need, according to Google! This note was done because it actually made me chuckle. Instructions: Do a Google search for your...

This is a blog I promise to keep updated every year and fail misearbly. This year will hopefully be better. You will find the movies I...

Nominated for multiple Oscars, A. R. Rahman approaches the edge of the cliff he has been rushing towards for the better part of the last...

India is a country of divisions and groups. Here you can be a Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian or any of the other hundred religions to be...

Our New Year was spent in Goa this year. Just to make it more interesting we decided to drive to Goa instead of taking the train. Total...