Back to School

I came to this city on Aug 17, 1987 to start my second year of graduation and 25 years later I am back in this city now to start my Executive MBA. There is something about Hyderabad and my education !! 25 years back this place was a jungle and today it is the beautiful … Read more

Inured to death and devastation

Yesterday all the news channels had news about the boat capsizing in the North East and 103 people dead. Just a couple of weeks back approximately 130 Pakistani soldiers were buried under an avalanche in the Siachen glacier, the world’s highest battleground. Before I started to write this blog, I checked online to see if … Read more

Salute the original Pedalyatri

Today’s ride was on the newly refurbished Gurgaon Faridabad road and it is a dream road to ride on – hardly a single pothole and its wide enough for us cyclists to be safe. Also it has two interesting climbs, one at Gwal Pahadi and the other on the way back after Valley View besides … Read more

President pained

President Pratibha Patil has decided not to retire in Pune !! The army land will not be used to build her a palatial retirement home. Times Now rightfully believes its because of public pressure … Her OSD has mentioned that President Patil was pained by the media glare. I would like to apologize to her … Read more

The value of Rs. 10

Earlier this week, Krishnan and I were riding with our fellow cycling friend Anand Sinha and we stopped at a place for the customary tea … This was really early in the morning and the tea shop owner was brushing his teeth and so was his wife. We wanted tea urgently, and the wife slowly … Read more

Baubles for the Goddess

Diamond crown for the Goddess I called my friend Hareesh in the US for his birthday and he told me about this article in The Hindu – a rich business man has donated a diamond studded crown for the Goddess at Tiruchanur. I usually do not follow any news because all newspapers have nothing newsworthy … Read more

The loss of innocence

My nephew is visiting and we were talking yesterday about food and clothes and games he likes… then we went out for a walk and suddenly started to play a game of cutting each other off at corners and got so engrossed !! Now a day later, it doesnt seem as much fun, but we … Read more

Mala meets Malu

The first child sponsored through ShikshaDaan is Mala .. A fun loving child studying in class 2 at OM Foundation. Her father is a vegetable vendor and mom is a housewife. She has a younger brother who is also in class 2 at OM Foundation. My parents, aunts and uncles and cousins call me Malu … Read more