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` “Tasmania??? I wonder…”, said I. We were exploring possible destinations for a winter vacation and Tasmania had just popped up as a serious option, checking off all criteria - not too cold at that time of the year, not visited so far, and one with a lot of natural beauty. I was surprised at…Details

Nov82018

साठवणीतल्या आठवणी – दिवाळी

साठवणीतल्या आठवणीNovember 8, 2018

दिवाळी – अंधारावर प्रकाशाने मिळवलेल्या विजयाचा उत्सव – किती साधी, सोपी, सुंदर संकल्पना! आपण त्याला नरकासुराच्या वधाचे रूप देऊया, रावणवधानंतर परतणाऱ्या रामाच्या अयोध्येमधील स्वागताचं रूप देऊया किंवा आणखी काही म्हणून उद्बोधूया, शेवटी ह्या सणाचे महत्त्व मूलभूत रूपाने फार साधं आहे - प्रकाशाने अंधारावर, म्हणजेच चांगल्याने वाईटावर, सत्कृत्याने दुष्कृत्यावर, ज्ञानाने अज्ञानावर, शांतीने अशांतातेवर, आशेने निराशेवर केलेली…Details

Aug302018

D&I b – I AM inclusive; why the fuss?

Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)August 30, 2018

“Diversity & inclusion” (D&I), a hot topic of our times, is often one that most people don’t fully understand or don’t know how to deal with. They often wonder whether it is relevant to them. As an avid student and passionate believer of D&I, I am attempting to demystify this concept in a series of…Details

Aug112018

A Chat With the Incas

Going PlacesAugust 11, 2018

It was a beautiful night. A clear, dark, full sky, dotted with innumerable little stars twinkling away to make their presence felt. The moon shone bright, its full outline clearly and sharply visible around the concave crescent, as if emphasizing to us that it had a full circular shape, just that today it was choosing…Details

Aug112018

Lazy afternoons

Anything & EverythingAugust 11, 2018

The English language has no dearth of beautiful adjectives that describe everything one would possibly ever want to describe. There are some adjectives however, that must go with certain nouns. It is as if they were made as pairs – blue sky, crispy fries, cosy couch, hot cuppa. These pairs have been coined as…Details

Jul302018

By The Skin of My Teeth

Anything & EverythingJuly 30, 2018

If the human race were to be divided into two groups – the pluckier and more spirited ones on one side and the meeker and more timid ones on the other, then I daresay I would fall into the first group. There are a few situations however, in which I get hopelessly and haplessly out…Details

Jul162018

Life & Death

Anything & EverythingJuly 16, 2018

Death - the state of being dead … when it comes, it stuns the life out of everyone around. The blow of death hits the dead person silent, reducing him from an animate, warm, bubbling, noisy living somebody to a still, cold, rigid, silent “body”. But it’s not just the dead person that this…Details

Jul142018

D&I a – “Diversity & Inclusion” – Why Should I Bother?

Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)July 14, 2018

“Diversity & inclusion” is a hot topic of our times. Yet it is one which most of us are not sure how to deal with. Reactions sound like these - “It’s not relevant to me, so why should I bother?”, or “OF course I know what diversity is, but I don’t see the big deal,…Details

Apr292018

Addiction to Coolness

Anything & EverythingApril 29, 2018

Chaos and frenzy …. so many here at the same time, crammed into this tight space. Moving criss-cross, fast, very fast, as if getting somewhere but not sure where; bumping into each other and most times moving on without even looking up to see who they bumped into; sometimes a rare nod of recognition…Details

Apr132018

The “Line”

Anything & EverythingApril 13, 2018

It was heart-rending to see Steve Smith’s press conference video yesterday. A success story, a role-model, a hero reduced to zero. It was difficult to associate this diffident-looking, devastated and broken man with the swashbuckling batsman we loved. One could not help feeling very sorry. Such a sad self-inflicted turn of events for one of…Details