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 !
What do you see in the picture below – A bowl of fresh peas ? Well, this is dried yellow peas that have been coloured green :(. This is something eaten nearly everyday in Andhra, Telegana and TamilNadu as part of regular dishes. I bought these thinking I will use them to make pulao … Read more
Bishamber Singh did not feel cold, the fire of patriotism kept him warm. He was fighting off the enemy on the icy peaks of East Ladakh. His weapon was less powerful than the enemy’s but his resolve and courage was stronger and many times more powerful. He was 28, built like an ox. His mother … Read more
Dear ModiJi, I will be writing to you every week on issues that I think are important and need your attention. I believe that someday you will get to read them, until then, I hope they serve the readers of my blog as a platform to have a sane discussion. Unfortunately, the “paid” media is … Read more
Watch our movies of the early 60s and 70s, you would find actresses able to dance the western dance being more popular, considered modern and smart and even in Seeta aur Geeta, the smarter Geeta is shown wearing western clothes, roller skating etc. Raj Kapoor as the poor man would still be wearing a tattered … Read more
While everyone is going rah rah over President Obama’s visit and the close friendship, Mr. Modi and President Obama share, everyone also noticed the “Narendra Damodardas Modi” embroidered suit. It may have been a fashion statement, but it smacked of “megalomania” and it reminded everyone of a dictator “Hosni Mubarak”. Completely avoidable. Especially, this coming … Read more
This man’s father was in-charge of the one black spot in the illustrious history of the Indian army – the loss to China in 1962. This man went to the (in)famous Doon school, chose to become a journalist and has the thick skin that is a journalist’s armour. Yes, he has the same supercilious behaviour … Read more
The political scene is akin to the business scenario, there is money involved, leadership involved, strategy involved and most of all competition involved. Competition is bad enough to even get people killed as we saw post polls in Uttar Pradesh. Think of the scenario during elections. You had two well established parties, the Congress and … Read more
If there was one person who should have broken under the barrage of criticism thrown his way, over 12 years, it had to be Mr. Modi…. But he didn’t and not only that he didn’t, he managed to turn many of his detractors around !! It’s not easy to do it if there wasn’t genuine … Read more
Very soon CEOs will be renamed CCOs – Chief Change Officers. It’s a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world that we live in and only he/she will succeed who can bring change and manage change effectively. For sometime now, my status message on our internal chat system is “Change before change, after is too late”. … Read more
There was so much to be distracted – people questioning his marital status, 2002, why he won’t wear a skull cap, phone tapping references, his mentor turning foe, many of his senior leaders trying to pull the carpet from under his feet, every opposing party using him for target practise, some loose cannons making derogatory … Read more