For Who, This Lion's share..?
Picture this… You are Hiren Bhai or his wife Hira, and you live 20 kilometres away from the outskirts of the protected forests ....
To Be… Oh What To Be..?
London: 1952: As the lights hit the stage, a bronze statue of epic proportions, comes alive. No, not very big, but it’s magnificent.......
A trial for the Trial
Why should a legend in the making… Wait… legend in the making?? This man IS a legend .....
The Hobbled Hobo
Wasn’t long into the afternoon when we first saw him… We were a little lost and needed to stop and ask for directions, but that hot summer afternoon, on that usually....
I want a bully in my backyard
Finally, a genius and I have something in common. We made the same stupid (since we’re talking about a certified genius –no, not me, duh....
Ubuntu!
Ubuntu – we are because you are; I am because you are… and a lot of what is, or could be, good in us, is because of
The Gambhir Conundrum
Impressed?!! Well, you better be… A week ago, in this very space, I had suggested that out of favour opener, Gautam Gambhir had to make the team if India
In the wake of giants...
Question: How does the forest look when the Washington tree falls? Incidentally, the Washington tree,
Will This dog Have it's Day?
Where do you reckon I might have last caught sight of a magnificent but rare animal teetering on the brink of extinction? Would it have been the deserts of the Thar or the rain soaked cloud forests in the east?
Of Cats, gods and tides...
Anybody remembers Bizarro from Htrae, the square peg in the round planetary hole in that 'space' called DC comics, where everything that happens is opposite of how it might happen on earth
Of lambs and lions
Cricket commentary on television has evolved into a fine art that is as entertaining as it is informative.
The Fitness Dive And The Final Wharf
It had been a long cold day. The queues to the Great Wall, the emasculative scale and grandeur of Tiananmen Square and the biting cold and oppressive grayness of a winter smog in Beijing had taken its toll on my ‘first day in the city’ enthusiasm. All I wanted to do was curl up with a book, a blanket and a large mug of hot chocolate when the bus took me past a large square building shining bright red behind a grid of lights.
The Fitness Dive and the Ten Wharfs - V
There’s this strange thing about climaxes. The journey might be unknown but the destination is known. After all the climax is the reason why you got started in the first place. Through every curve on every winding road to wherever you want to go, you expect it. Through every shock and surprise and exclamation of delight or horror, the only guarantee is the climax, or at least you sure hope so. The nature of the journey, the lessons and experiences, tactile, intellectual and spiritual, prepare us ...
The Fitness Dive and the Ten Wharfs - IV
In a forgettable film named Enough but in a memorable role as the furiously fisty, super toned mom-on-the-run, Slim, Jennifer Lopez,
The Fitness Dive and the Ten Wharfs - III
What makes ordinary people like you and me into superhuman soldiers aka the US Navy SEALS who save the world in a week’s work? What built a delinquent young kid
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
