Without fail
Once upon a time, there was a boy who failed a primary school test twice. He followed it up by failing his middle school test thrice, and his college entrance exam twice. He scored 1 out of 120 points...
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As the convoy of elephants trundled their way through the dew-laden grasslands in Kaziranga National Park, I came across a pair of one-horned rhinos gently grazing in the elephant grass. This was my...
View ArticleHolding up the whole sky
All this dividing of earthlings into two primary genders has perforce thrown up the term woman. Even inanimate objects are masculine or feminine. Which at first glance may appear more egalitarian than...
View ArticleYou should have been there...
The other day, one of my female students was whining to me: "Maam, being a girl is so hard nowadays. You people must have had it easy growing up." Shocked to my core, I stared at her as I thought back...
View ArticleTotally sun 'lit'
Sumescapes? Yes, it is an odd word. Its a fusion of summer escapes and summerscapes (as in landscapes) and, at a bit of a stretch, even some escapes. In fact, this is about all three and a bit more so,...
View ArticleApril Fool's Day 2018: All you need to know
Did you know that the Indian government has opened the Taj Mahal for wedding bookings? Or that Ola Cabs is offering you a helicopter taxi service for just Rs 499 through their revolutionary service in...
View ArticleWhat's up, folks?
Back in September, I got a short video on my office Whatsapp group. It showed the road outside my office building, inundated in calf-high water. "Looks like were not commuting tomorrow," the sender...
View ArticlePass on the message
Time present and time pastAre both perhaps present in time futureAnd time future contained in time past. - Four Quartets by T S Eliot The word heritage, a trendy word in todays parlance, is...
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