Anyone who holds an expensive camera is not a photographer! With the advent of phone cameras and selfies, the world has lost its sensitivity towards good photography. The infinite and useless photographs, videos and other content on the social media is but a corroborative proof of lost sensitivity. In this scenario, there exists a photographer […]
Category: Experiences
BALENO! VERNA! ETIOS!
Most car manufacturers in India choose foreign names for their products—often in Latin, Italian, or Greek. Majority of the Indian population does not know what the name means! Despite operating in India, the vehicle manufacturers rarely use names that reflect Indianism / Indian culture or connect with the local people. Consider few following examples: Maruti Suzuki […]
LOUD CH*T TRAVELLING
Indians love being L**D. They always dream of CH*T. If must be very hard for you to understand what I am talking about. Let me tell. They always dream about chat. They always chat loudly. LOUD Chat! For Indians there is no such thing as privacy; it is an alien subject in Indian society, and […]
BA*****S of BHARAT
We are the Ba*****s of Bharat! I think we shall remain HITS (ignore the spelling) forever. We do not want to learn. On the other hand, we want to learn exactly the opposite of what we should have learned. Consider the following everyday experience. In India, every small room seems to be a reputed school […]
Every Second My Birthday & Every Breath My Death
20th August? Yet another birthday? Shit! What the f**k is going on? How old am I now? I strongly believe and hence it is fair to say that I do not celebrate birthdays. No “Happy Birthday to you” song, no cake cutting, no candle flame extinguishing, and obviously, no parties. By the way, I must […]
TO HER, WITH LOVE
The following note was written by a boyfriend: My dearest Darling, I fell for your beauty and I love you immensely. Your long wield thick hair, your beautiful red lips, perfect pearl white teeth… the very thought makes me speech less! Your slim waist, shaped & swingy hips thunder thighs and well-shaped feet makes me […]
REVAi – THE FIRST ELECTRIC CAR OF INDIA
I saw a REVAi car near my Ramanthapur house, Hyderabad while cycling this morning. An old one it is! But it looked very good! This was the first electric car manufactured in India, almost a quarter century ago! These days there are no REVA car on the roads. Most of the people do not even […]
AN EXPERIENCE CALLED SANJAY GOEL
This post is completely dedicated to my close friend, classmate and a memorable personality, Mr. Sanjay Goyal. I am meeting Sanjay Goyal, probably after a gap of 30 years! I met him last in 1995, during my working days in LIC at Delhi. We both had started our careers at that time. And around that […]
SOCRATES, HIS WIVES AND LOVER
According to Aristotle Socrates had two wives. First wife was Xanthippe, by whom he had a son, Lamprocles. Xanthippe is described as having explosive temper and inclination to argue. She is often described as cranky, nagging, and hysterical. Thus, philosopher Socrates, known for his wisdom, intellect, and powerful words, lived in an environment filled with […]
THE CALLIGRAPHER OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION – PREM NARAIN RAIZADA
The Constitution of India which is the longest written constitution in the world, was handwritten in English in beautiful calligraphy by Shri. Prem Bihari Narain Raizada. He took six months to write the nearly 145,000 words in a flowing italic style. Shri Raizada did most of the writing on parchment paper measuring 16×22 inches with […]
