I wrote my first poem when I was 10 and a half years of age.  The 6th of December, 1999 19911.  The memories of that day came flooding back to me in a rush of amused astonishment and realization that I once was a kid, and I recognize that innocence, that lack of worldly insight and awareness that I had back then.  I'm still a noon noob2 today, but ( Read more... )

I was in a meeting yesterday, and as I am wont to do, I'd drunk more than my fair share of liquids. It's Hyderabad and the weather last evening was simply lovely! However, the over-weight and unfortunate Hyderabaddies who look like tight fits even in the widest chairs in the meeting room were over-heating. The air conditioner was straining to ( Read more... )

For thousands of years, India held its own among the powers of the ancient world. We blame the British Raj for what we are today. However, India as a country, won its freedom 61 years ago. 61 for god’s sake! What do we have to show for it? Pretty much nothing. We wallow in self-pity, enjoying the spoils of incredible poverty, and an amazingly ( Read more... )

I'd decided a while ago to be more regular about making posts on LJ. Well, here's one more to make up those millions! :o)

I was making some changes to my Info Page when I decided to check all the links. That's when I discovered that someone had recently left a comment on My BlogCatalog ListingFor those of you who hate to click on URL's, here's ( Read more... )

The day was beautiful, to say the least. Woke up later than usual, was sms'ing someone I've hardly kept in touch with for ages and continued from where we left off like there had not been any gap. Sis and Bro-inb-law dropped by and we all had a good afternoon. I went in for a late bath, washed every pore of my being. No doubt, even an Angel ( Read more... )