Want a bit of spice in life!
Some friends have suggested this novel way of getting over the mid-life crisis. It is tried and tested, they say, try infidelity-a harmless and not a prolonged stint is the most effective, experienced ones share.
Me, no more Mallu, nor Chinki and definitely not Idli-Dosa
You will not call an Indian from the South of its geographical part a Mallu or Idli-Dosa-Sambhar, nor will you call the residents of the north-eastern states Chinki or Chowmein and please do not call anyone, a Bihari.
A whole generation lost!
Have we thought, ever, by we making a choice like this one, we have, probably unconsciously snatched away the chachas, mamas, buas, masis, various types of cousins and many more such relationships that this second child would have brought into this world?
Be selfish, be happy
Be selfish, you will be happy. You will think me cruel. Someone said this to me recently. Very recently rather. And it rang a bell.
Whom do we blame, but ourselves!
The feminists will bay for my blood for this, but let's accept certain things that are historically there for us to see and believe and accept if we can broaden our hearts and minds a bit. The time gone by stands testimony to this. We have 60 plus years behind us of an independent country for some soul searching.
Not 'maid' for me!
Ask any working woman and she will have the same story to tell. The maid-mania has struck each one of them and has become a compulsion leading to an obsessive disorder.
It is not yet over Mr. Singhvi
Way back, once I had gone to Abhishek Manu Singhvi's office. It was his private office (not his chamber in a court let me clarify).
TVwallas play spoilsport for 'Babas'
The last time I wrote in this space, I swear I did not have any clue, I would have to repeat the topic and that too, so soon.
A black bag can make you rich?
Do you know that the black bags are selling like hote cakes these days? The man who sells bags, Rs.150 each in my local weekly bazaar, claims to have noticed this trend in the past two months. I too don't know, for this is not really something to know about.
The alarm bells have rung for Congress
The Congress Party's political wilderness continues in Uttar Pradesh. Even the camping of the whole Gandhi clan, including Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Robert Vadra and Rahul Gandhi during the high-voltage Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh could not make much difference to the results.
The Tale of a City
There is a revolving restaurant-Pind Baluchi. A mall, with Woodland, Meena Bazaar, Biba, Bossini, Catmoss, Big Bazaar and other such brands in addition to a four screen multiplex!
The media can't be managed
Media needs to be managed. And the government has accepted it, finally, and officially as it seems! Have heard from reliable sources in the Information and Broadcasting ministry that some senior officials of the ministry are being trained into the art of media management. For the media gurus, this should not be an issue to get bothered about. Rather, it is in a way a matter of pride for being worthy enough to be felt to be managed.
Are we raising criminals?
The other day I had a chance to meet a government school teacher and a professor of clinical psychology, we discussed whether we have lost a thing called patience. Yes indeed, in unison they agreed. The teacher had ample examples of it and the professor gave all the right reasons to explain why and how to deal with it.
Is the internet in the net?
The action against top social networking sites has invoked mixed reactions. While no sane person would agree with the misuse and potentially lethal power of hitting below the belt reality of the internet
Fatwas come a dime a dozen
Propagating 'Surya Namaskar' in Madhya Pradesh schools has not gone down well with some Muslims in the state and the Muslim clergy has issued a 'fatwa' against this exercise.