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It was Gautam’s first day at school and only a couple of hours at that. I was a little nervous because he has not even been to play school before this and the sight of a crying child is distressing for any parent. Anyway, I went to drop him to…

What a way the Indian electorate have delivered their verdict ! Very heartening, indeed ! It seems that finally the people of UP and Bihar are overlooking the caste considerations and delivering on hope of development and good governance. In UP, Congress made a comeback solely due to Rahul Gandhi’s…

Today morning, Gurdev and I were reading in the newspapers the sad story of the people of Swat. Almost 6 lakhs have fled their homes in the face of continuous shelling by the Pakistani army trying to flush out the Taliban. The ceasefire is all but gone and the innocent…

After reading the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini which really was a very good book, I was looking forward to reading his second one. The first one had rave reviews and I must say that it delivered to the expectations. I got my hand on this one when my sister…

This is the only team in the IPL which stands out for NOT being a team. Their morale is at an all time low, as can be seen from the way they interact with each other. With so many controversies dogging the team from SRK’s interference to Buchanan’s decision of…

Since the elections are still going on and the opportunists that the politicians are, they don’t want to rule out alignment with any party. For the sake of power they would be willing to align with a dog too. Mr. Rahul Gandhi – the poster boy of Indian politics, is…

With the recently concluded three rounds of the Elections, it is clear that the disturbing trend of low voting in urban centers continues. What was more shocking was the low voting of Mumbaikars. A city which was so recently hit by one of the worst acts of terrorism – which…

Friday, being May Day was a holiday and we decided to go to Wonderla, a theme park, around 30 kms. from the city. We reached around 11ish and it was pretty hot. Being a holiday, there were just too many people around. I had been here once before when I…

Sometimes, simple things in life like sleeping would not bother us much and would most times go unnoticed unless there is a problem. Insomnia or lack of sleep is a vicious cycle. One can’t sleep due to some stress and then it becomes aggravated due to the anxiety of not…

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