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I stand a slim slim chance of winning the battle of the bulge. These ominous lines were documented by me some three-and a-half decades back, in The Indian Express. The only, nay major difference between then and now is the nature of the battle. Then in the prime of my youth, with a lean and…
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While my perspective, and not a flattering one at that, on the education system is well known, I too, at one time, did my very small bit to be a part of the system.It was a very small stint, albeit enjoyable, just for the fact that it kept me busy throught the day.I had just…
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Even as we amaze over many photographs on instagram and social media of spectacular multi-lane flyovers and grade separators, there is one overpass, a hidden gem that, I feel, hasn’t quite got its due.It is a railway overpass connecting Inderpuri and Nariana H-block in New Delhi. So what is so different? You might ask. For…
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It was designated as the ‘Room with a view’. It was probably my roommate who gave it the moniker, though I do not quite recall but it was apt.Moving to Vijaywada to embark on my journalistic journey, I had to find a room for myself. And that was one tough part. Back then in the…
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To talk, or not to talk. That’s not even a question. Recently a WhatsApp forward from a school friend group triggered this question in me. Among many well-meaning advice for senior citizens, was one addendum – silence. Now, that had me thinking. For not long back I had read that talking actually helps. It quoted…
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“Why can’t you just ask for directions,” my wife queried with some exasperation as we were driving to reach a friend’s place. Frankly, Not the first time she had asked the question. “How come,” she continued, ” even in these days of Google maps, you have to rely on your sense of direction,” she added,…
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जो होता है, जब होता है, सो होता हैपर जब वह हो रहा होता है,तब कहां ही पता चलता कि क्या होता है?और, क्या वही होता हैजिसे होना होता है?और, होते होते जो नहीं होता क्या वही हुआ होता हैजिसको होना होता है?जो हुआ होता हैक्या वही होने को था?असमंजस, कशमकश, उँहापोहमें भला क्या ही…
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“I forgot”. Nothing elicits a varied reaction than these two words. Right from anger to pity, to exasperation, to commiseration, to annoyance, to giving up, the reactions run the whole gamut of emotions. Highly successful persons and many accomplished life coaches could lecture you on the ill effects of forgetfulness and how to beat the…
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Procrastinators of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your reputation. This clarion call to my fellow procrastinators has been in the pipeline for long, understandably so. The call, not so much as to give up an admirable yet misunderstood trait, but to set the record straight. A procrastinator is not lazy. The…
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So there it comes. Yet another International Yoga Day. And as usual many posts and pictures will soon be flooding the social media. Facebook, dutifully as it is wont to do, just reminded me this morning of an old savasana post and added that I upload a recent one for its then and now feature.…
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