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नीलामी चल रही थी नहीं, किसी की सच्चाई या सत्यवादिता की नहीं न ही किसी के ईमान की, ना ही किसी की निष्ठा की और पत्रकारों की तो बिलकुल नहीं । कहीं आम वस्तुओं की भला नीलामी होती है क्या? नीलामी हो रही थी एक अमूल्य पायदान की कुछ ढाई सौ साल पुराने पायदान की,…
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Shubham, Abdul Majid, MV Pranjal, Sanjay Bisht, Sachin Laur. Do these names ring a bell? Now what about Virat, Rohit, Shubman Shreyas, Shami.. Of course it does. Almost the whole nation plunged into a collective grief when the anticipated World Cup glory failed to materialise. And their actions were dissected, talked, roasted, defended in almost…
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And so it was upon us. Unannounced? Almost so. For if one is fair, a game has a winner and then, one who didn’t cross the line. But for a fan, who has invested so much emotion into it, the loss inexplicably hurts. Yes, it is all about that one day and then an…
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आज एक बहुत पुरानी किताब से मिला मेरा एक पत्र । ऐसे पत्रों का किताबों से करीबी नाता होता है। ना जाने कितनी किताबों का आदान -प्रदान हो जाता है सिर्फ एक पत्र को पार लगाने में। यह किताब एक पुराने संदूक में विराजमान थी। इतने दिन वह वहीं रही , यह भी एक अचरज…
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There are teachers and teachers. Teachers who can, and do, teach well and those who cannot teach at all. I fall in the latter category. And it isn’t the first time that I have admitted it. For when it comes to teaching I have ‘dysteachia’. My teaching abilities can well be termed unorthodox, in the…
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The other day news filtered in through the social media about a professor in Guntur who was awarded for best handwriting. Now, it is not the sort of thing which would have an effect on me but it did and thanks to the enterprising administrator of my school WhatsApp group. He posted the news and…
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While most of Chandrayaan’s successful manoeuvre, to land the Vikram probe on the moon, is known to all, there is a top secret conversation, revealed by an not-wanting-to-be-named source, that happened just before the landing, which the ISRO will in no way deny or accept happened.f A few seconds before the landing Vikram had lured…
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It is the Zero shadow day today. At least those in Bengaluru will ‘witness’ these zero shadows. The sun remains directly overhead, and no shadows will be formed on the earth’s surface. This means that the sun reaches its highest point in the sky which results in the reduction of the length of the shadow…
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The other day I ran into a friend after a long time. During our chat he suddenly noticed my hair and asked “looks different , have you coloured it,?” Before I could reply the conversation topic changed and I never got to explain my hair dye saga. It all started when I offered myself up…
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“And if you are not able to prove it, You will buy me a diamond necklace,” my wife threw down the ultimate gauntlet. And therein, my dear friends, lies a tale, a tale of lost and found. It all started when I could not find my favourite T-shirt. Even the most diligent search proved elusive…
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