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 !
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
Feb 22 – April 16… 56 days Feb 23 – corporate espionage drama unfolds further. This Govt seems hellbent on doing all the right things like not letting the big bucks influence decisions …. Remember, Reliance had been running the country for a long time, petroleum ministers changed at will… Feb 24 – Land Acquisition … Read more
Not so long ago, in 1962, we paid a huge price and conceded defeat in a war due to the supposed political naivety of Pandit Nehru. I ofcourse find it hard to believe that Pandit Nehru was that naive, because he seems to have managed to get ahead politically even though he wasn’t the most … Read more
The book got published in 2012 and Kabir told me about it. I somehow didn’t get the book and finally just before the run up to the general elections I picked it up. Am glad I did because it made me vote the way I did :):). I knew Tavleen Singh, the journalist, but didn’t … Read more
It’s exciting times ahead, with elections, the arguments and counter arguments, the exit polls and opinion polls – the democratic process in all it’s glory ! The way the various parties and netas behave provides a lot of fodder for people like me who like to extrapolate these situations to the corporate world and think … Read more
When the Anna movement started against corruption and trying to force the Jan Lokpal bill to be passed the mood in the country was one of anger and frustration. For the first time, we could see the young, the old and the folks in the middle all rise up as one voice. Arvind Kejriwal was … Read more
They say history repeats itself and it does because we, the “intelligent” human race refuse to learn ! On March 14th, Krishnan and I went to watch this movie made on Subedar Paan Singh Tomar. He was an army man and held the 3000 mts Steeplechase record for almost a decade in the 50s. He … Read more