The Fallen Brick...

The brick fell out of the wall and there was a hole left gaping in its place. A passer by tossed the brick to a side and it rested there for...

Irony

Clicked this, a few weeks ago. Does anyone else see the irony in this picture?

The Fallacy of Self-Worth (Egosystems)

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” – Oscar Wild...

The Dog Bite (कुत्ते का काटना)

कहानी छोटी सी - स्पष्ट एवं सरल हिंदी में ! अगर आप एक बच्चे के माता पिता या अभिभावक हैं और आपके किसी जानकार का कुत्ता आपके बच्चे पर झपटता ह...

The Wedlock

The grey and wet morning led to a hapless afternoon and a bitter, nonchalant evening. She prepared herself for the night ahead. She knew it ...

Street Cries…

I clicked the picture below along the roadside near Kalka Ji Metro Station, New Delhi during the Diwali week. The following verse from Saroj...

Disgusted…

How old is a two and half year old? - Old enough to recognize one’s parents and family - Old enough to call out to the parents - Old eno...

Closure…if at all

New Delhi, Friday September 13, 2013.  The Saket district court in Delhi court finally handed out a death sentence to unemployed Mukesh Sin...

Justice…Really?

I begin with a question here “Once we capture a wild beast who has tasted blood, should we kill it, keep it captive in a cage or should we ...

Immortality – A nightmare

“In my dreams, I see the men I have killed. They are all waiting for me on the other side of the river.”  (Brad Pitt, as Achilles in Troy...

Waking Up To 2013

So, the world did not end in the year 2012 as per the Mayan Calendar and I live on to see another year. I don’t know if I ever believed in t...

गधे के पूत…

The following incident was reported in the newspaper yesterday. “ A 17-year-old girl was killed and her mother critically injured after they...

Happy To Conclude…

I have followed the news on the proceedings of trial against Ajmal Kasab and read numerous accounts of the survivors of the Mumbai terror at...

Sue This…

This follows from an online report I read a couple of days where a man sued his wife for being ‘ugly’. The man apparently won a $ 120,000 se...

Dusshera 2012

Dusshera as a festival perhaps doesn’t need any introduction for anyone born and brought up in India. I know its a little late to make this ...

Justice Delayed is….

It’s been nearly four years since Ajmal Kasab landed on the shores of Mumbai and massacred people at will. For a crime as heinous as he comm...

A Pledge

Someone at work today asked me where “GoooWaahaati” was? The guy who asked this innocent question was an American citizen who had little ink...

When you live long, you die more than once…

I read about the death of yesteryear’s actress Achala Sachdev a day after she passed away. She died at a ripe age of 91 after prolonged hosp...

I Will Always Love You…

One of my all time favorite songs and one of Whitney Houston’s all time specials. This one still rings an old familiar chord somewhere. Rest...