Part I Girls with henna on their palms, exquisitely designed, beautiful girls adorning happy smiles – Boys wandering around women section in malls, taking help of any/every possible female to get something girly and gracious enough – Bikanerwala, Haldirams and Bengali Sweets, the famous sweet shop chains, having a riot like situation, minting money – … [Read more…]
The idea of India as understood today is quite different from the idea that prevailed at the time of independence, when our forefathers were imagining an Indian nation, freshly out from the shackles of the Raj. 67 years down the line, the idea that helped shape the nation at the time of its birth appears … [Read more…]
Back to Delhi, my tryst with the Delhi Metro is yet again in action. This public transport presents various insights to eyes that try to soak it all wherever they go, whatever they see. Of late, the subjects of my interest were mothers and daughters who travelled together, huddling in ever increasing, swiftly changing, of … [Read more…]
I am the one. Who dances in your baraat to entertain you. And make myself a spectacle. You try to come close to me and touch me. You seek entertainment out of me, not my dance. And pass lewd remarks on me. You, the ones in suits – prim and proper. While I dance, you … [Read more…]
It was a hot summer evening when a thought dawned upon me. I was browsing articles on the internet much against the notion of my family who thought that I did nothing but surf social networking websites all day long. I had never bothered to explain them, nonetheless it did leave me irritated at times. … [Read more…]
The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of India (comprising of Hon’ble CJI R M Lodha, and Justices A K Patnaik, Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya, Dipak Misra and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla) vide its judgment dated 6 May, 2014 has established a further milestone by holding that children have a right to choose their language of … [Read more…]
It started with a call from her uncle to her mom. Somebody had informed them of a ‘good match’ for the girl and that they could consider taking this further. The girl, let’s call her Simran (considering my love for one of the greatest Bollywood hits – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – “DDLJ”) and the … [Read more…]
An year out of college, a day out of work, as I gear myself up for taking the next step of my life, all I can do is to wonder how is it going to be. Each time I did something new, there was a sort of unknown anxiety, but this time around this anxiety … [Read more…]
Yashasvi Singh, What can I say? The fear of reprisal is keeping all mean thoughts at bay. But I will say this, For the past few days, I’ve been laughing quite hard Thinking about some poor guy, Who got taken in by her ‘nice girl’ façade. Anyone who thinks that she looks so decent and … [Read more…]
A working day. Location – Boss’s cabin in office The temperature in the room is high…too much work…not many people…too little time. Just then the phone rang…“Home Calling” ~the ringtone played – main rang sharbaton ka tu meethe ghaat ka paani…some songs just get stuck to my head and end up being the ringtone~ …Fortunately … [Read more…]