अभी पिछले सप्ताह मैं 3-4 हिन्दी magazines खरीद कर लाया। इच्छा थी कि कुछ हिन्दी में पढ़ूँ, और जानूँ कि हिन्दी में क्या लिखा जा रहा है। बीच बीच में मुझे ये बुखार चढ़ जाता है। खैर, magazines थीं ये: पाखी, कथादेश, हंस, और "आहा! जिंदगी।" पढ्न शुरू किया दो-तीन दिन की सुस्ती के बाद। …
My recent reconnect with theatre scene in Delhi was enabled by Asmita Theatre Group and their 2-month long summer festival. If you are in Delhi, do check out Asmita's plays, they are in the last leg of their Summer Theatre festival and I can guarantee you will not be disappointed at the experience! I was …
Continue reading I am Reconnecting with Myself – Thank you Asmita!
This morning's newspaper account of a doctor and his 5 yr. old daughter crushed to death by a speeding bus was more bone-chilling for me, and I am sure for thousands of parents, who drop their kids every day to school bus stop outside their complex.
How do you pay the fine honestly in case of traffic violations in UP or Haryana? Your choices are to either hand-over your license and spend long hours driving to traffic court to pay and collect it, or pay a small bribe on the spot. What do you choose?
Today, while rushing from Greater Noida to Noida to meet someone in a client company, someone hit my car. It was a small dent in the rear bumper, while negotiating the treacherous circle in Pari Chowk. While I would like to say it wasn't my fault, it actually was: I had no business going that …
A visit to the nearby restaurant turned into a lesson about our sense of security of sensitive data like ATM PIN! I wonder how RBI can save us from ourselves.
I was surprised when my doorbell rang around midnight couple of nights ago. Good thing was that I was alone, bad thing was that I didn't have a way to see who is behind the door (we had given up chasing the maintenance guys who were supposed to put an eyepiece on the door). Anyway, …
