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 !
Arvind Kejriwal, you just stepped on a landmine…. And I pray it harmlessly blows you out of our collective conscience. India needs to be rid of you. All this while I felt we had to have voices such as yours to keep the social discourse balanced, but with this latest tweet, you just crossed the … Read more
I am not a fan of the Shiv Sena and their brand of politics but today I miss it’s founder and late supremo Balasaheb Thackeray. When Pakistan won a match and some Indians in Mumbai burst crackers and the Pakistani flag was waved in some streets, it was Balasaheb who didn’t mince words and asked … Read more
I have a dream that I wake up every morning to the sound of birds chirping, especially the sparrow because the Earth is green again, the water is recycled, it’s heated by a solar panel and I don’t pay the government anything for electricity. I have a dream that as I switch on the television, … Read more
I received this as a forward on Whatsapp and don’t know who this person is, but what he/she has said is probably the best definition for India. Didn’t want to miss sharing this more widely and also to digitally preserve it, hence adding it to my blog. If any of the readers of my blog … Read more
Happy Republic Day to all my fellow Indians. Jai Hind. May our country be blessed with all the riches – especially of character and values. Today we went to watch a newly released Hindi movie after many years… Usually we watch movies that have been recommended by Abhishek Rudra and sometimes it’s some of our … Read more
The day started off with a lively debate on one of my Whatsapp groups. One of the group members started off by posting about Sunny Leone’s “Walk the Talk” session with Shekhar Gupta and that he was really impressed with her answers. Another one called the media “bikau” because he didn’t think she was such … Read more
Everyday when we go out for a walk at Kamakoti Nagar, we find beautiful “kolam” (rangoli) outside many houses. Many of the girls and ladies who make the kolam are actually artists because some women like me struggle to make a kolam even with a mould !! Leave aside the religious connotations of a kolam, … Read more
I misread the #IntolerantIndia voices completely. It took an Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao and Dileep Kumar, Ooops A. R. Rahman to bring me to my senses. Ofcourse India is intolerant and I will tell you how. What happened in the Bihar elections ? It wasn’t the victory of democracy as we have been led … Read more
Just before we started on our trip this time, we went to Sanjay’s house for dinner. During the course of our conversation, Sanjay related an incident that happened at the OM Foundation school that he runs. He went to a classroom and found the waste bin overflowing. He asked the students why it was so … Read more
Oct 31st was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 140th birth anniversary and also the day Indira Gandhi died. Till two years back, I don’t recall a single year when Sardar Patel’s birthday was celebrated at a national level … all I remember is Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary and the tearful “shraddanjali” and prayers that were offered by … Read more