How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma
India is millennia old vedic civilization that went inside the consciousness behind the universe Continue reading How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma
A Pitch for Love by Kartik Kompella
Although a good part of the story happens inside the office premises, the events that happen beyond the office are the truly romantic ones. Continue reading A Pitch for Love by Kartik Kompella
Speaking of Sexual Violence with Robert Uttaro (Magazine Special)
In To the Survivors for example, there are two stories of men (Jim and Chris) who were sexually abused as children. In both stories, the pedophiles groomed the boys. Continue reading Speaking of Sexual Violence with Robert Uttaro (Magazine Special)
The Legends of Bollywood – A Jaico Book
“I feel blessed to know that you will be holding my book with the same hands that hold other knowledgeable books written by extraordinary individuals who guide you in one way or another in life”, writes Raaj Grover, in his author’s note while introducing his book, ‘The Legends of Bollywood’. Continue reading “The Legends of Bollywood – A Jaico Book”
Dear Zomato
I am a loyalist as a customer. My brand of toothpaste has not changed in all these thirty years. I might have occasionally tried other ones, but I duly return to my favourite brand. Spending more than 9 years in my first job did teach me that nobody is indispensable, yet I tend to believe that I matter as a customer. I also know that the vendor who sells me vegetables, charges relatively more than the other ones around, yet I find it difficult to move on from her. Continue reading “Dear Zomato”
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
It was a long and stirring affair. It lasted longer than I intended it to, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. It was a whole new experience, something I have never had in all these years. During these 8 months, I tried to be more loyal than I ever was. People told me I would feel that way with Ayn Rand, but it had to be Milan Kundera. Continue reading “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”
The Trial Room
The organism had the face of a basketball’s size. Continue reading The Trial Room
Our Own Country
When the flurry of waves took its race,
through the mountains and valleys, Continue reading “Our Own Country”
PaperPlanes#17 – Unearthing Bowl of Rice
Life in Chhattisgarh starts with agriculture and ends with the gold called harvested paddy. But one shouldn’t be in darkness and understand that because it is an agrarian society, it did not have the evils of caste, class, gender discrimination. Continue reading PaperPlanes#17 – Unearthing Bowl of Rice
PaperPlanes#16 – Quest To Discover Self With Kamala Das Surayya
Even today Kerala, a home to intellectuals who continue to astound the whole Indian subcontinent with their English versification from Tharoor to Arundhati Roy, for the most part, remains hesitant to embrace the alienness of English that whole Indian subcontinent had invited to their very bedroom. Continue reading PaperPlanes#16 – Quest To Discover Self With Kamala Das Surayya