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  • Meeting the Ms~Chief

    When  blog adda invited me to join the Sheroes summit, I was curious. Hyderabad,  or Bangalore seemed the obvious choices.  I wanted to be surprised so I did not bother too much about researching the event. I entered a roomful of women, who were basically from marketing and technology, and somewhere along the line, trying…

  • A Hero Remembered.

    Lachit Borphukan of Ahom. While the nation divides it self’s into Nehruvians and Sanghi’s there are other heroes who have laid down their lives in the service of their mother land.  A few like Bhagat Singh or Azad from the cowbelt do get recognized when the Nehruvians and Sanghi’s are magnanimous. Among the unacknowledged heroes,…

  • An Institution called Jogappa

    “Jogapparinda taa” has been the demand of  every cook, home remedy brewer or anyone who wanted value for their money, since my Grandmother’s day. I remember Jogappa Shanbaug, a frail fair man clad in a dhotar and Bombay Ganji, would peer at his customer as if to ensure that the customer knows what he wants, and…

  • NaMo Namasmaranam…

    Of the Navavidha Bhakti, naamasmaranam  is one, and Ravana .was declared a Ram Bhakt because he  kept thinking of Ram even though it was to plot his down fall. Each time I read such venomous hatred against BJP or Modi I am reminded of this. Whatever our individual opinion of the party, we need to…

  • On Being Mary Kom.

    “Priyanka earned much more than Mary Kom did in her entire career” the social media seem to scream. Well like Chinmayee Sumeet pointed each did their jobs and the disparity only mirrors our attitude towards the professions and not the competency of the professionals. Again as Priyanka herself pointed out, the battle that Mary Kom…

  • Memorial, Eulogy and Epiphany

    Memorial, Eulogy and Epiphany “Hasyam Kama dahanam” is the example for hasya rasa or the emotion of humour… it does not really translate to humour. For a long time I never figured how Kama dahanam could be funny, I mean how can the burning of a man be funny? Then I realized the word hasyam…