This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi …. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
How happy Rajdeep is … CONgress and BJP are neck-to-neck in Gujarat. RE-birth of the CONgress party ?? Ohhh happy days are here again, borrowing the tag line of “Thumbs Up”. Celebrations in CONgress HQ and suddenly they remember their old slogan “Satyameva Jayate” Didn’t know that CONgress had anything to do with “Satya”. Many … Read more
CNN needs to wake up and smell the “havana” …. they are not hyperventilating while Times Now, India Today and Republic will soon announce the results from all 182 seats in Gujarat. Unfortunately for Rajdeep, it seems as though his pain is all set to deepen…. BJP seems to be leading. 71 BJP 44 CONgress … Read more
I am channel surfing.. suddenly on India Today I see trends for 28/182 seats in Gujarat while other channels are at 21/182. BJP seems to be pulling ahead on India Today, but it’s neck-to-neck with the CONgress on Times Now. Rajdeep is squirming and praying to the trinity across Hinduism and Christianity and hoping BJP … Read more
Minutes before the counting starts, CONgress says the EVMs are tampered with. Fascinating analysis. Bless Capt. Amarinder Singh, a closet Sanghi and Sidhu, an ex-Sanghi who said yesterday that EVMs work fine …. what ??? They probably missed the newly coronated, newly minted Shiv-bhakt’s briefing. Don’t believe me ? About the Shiv-bhakt ? There is … Read more
So the foregone conclusion is finally concluded – Rahul Gandhi is the President of the CONgress party. While some of his party folks are celebrating and am sure BJP is celebrating as it gives them an inconsequential opponent… am just evaluating the impact of this decision on many young citizens of India. The fact is, … Read more
Someone must research to find out if icons and idols develop clay feet sooner in this day and age or is it just the age old adage that all idols have feet of clay. Mr. Barack Obama the former President of USA visited India recently in connection with his Obama Foundation. He was also an … Read more
I never thought I would agree with anything that Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar said or did, but he surprised me by speaking the truth for a change. When asked about the BOT-Twit’s selection-disguised-as-election to the top post in the CONparty, Mr. Aiyar sneered – “When Shah Jahan came in the place of Jahangir did any … Read more
I read a FB post by the well known handloom aficionado Laila Tyabji and it did piss me off. I have always looked forward to her sari posts because she has an enviable collection and most times I find her views on other topics very balanced and wonderfully worded. Today’s post was wonderfully worded but … Read more
Over the last week or so, every private media channel has been shouting hoarse about the Padmavati controversy. For those who have missed out on all the fun, here’s a synopsis – the famed director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has made a movie called “Padmavati” based on Rani Padmini (aka Padmavati) and Alauddin Khilji. The entire … Read more
I have always been fascinated with the Jataka, Panchatantra and Hitopadesha tales as well as the Aesop’s fables. Blame Uncle Pai and his Amar Chitra Katha comics but those stories were a part of my growing up years and have influenced my thinking tremendously. I was remembering one of those stories today – it’s differently … Read more