Its so hard to tell if its fury or shame that engulfs this moment. Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving attacker of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in Indian custody, made it to one of the headlines of the Times of India on May 21, 2012.And for what reasons?For those of us wondering so,it is his diet!…
Month: May 2012
Wa(n)t to know?
Somewhere between Romney,Obama and Hollande,petrol hikes and pilot strikes,Egyptian elections and the Syrian crisis,I happened to read a a piece of news.Well protected nationalities and names of the accused and the victim and unmentioned location of the incident, leaves the reader or more so with greater force the journalism student wondering, ‘How?’ Not how the…
Desert Storms
The deserts.The truth is no matter how much of camouflage the greenery and skyscrapers have to offer,the traveller is almost at all times facing difficulty in surviving its intense heat and storms.If this is the case of a normal traveller,the one of a lost traveller is unexplainable. Each of us here trying to survive the deserts…
The understanding of Understanding
I just came across something I found most amusing and excited to know.Amusing,for I had never heard of such a concept before this.Excited,for it now presents to me an absolutely apt answer to my friend.My friend incidentally happened to tag one or rather all my posts she read to be negative and written in a…
“I see my mother in each of them”
He was just four when his father left on the ship to some long forgotten land leaving him and six siblings all older to him to the care of his mother.Living in a joint family of over 100 members and aunts and uncles and cousins and more cousins and challenging daily bread times,his mother lived…
NO NONSENSE
“You look fat.” “What?????” “Relax man,I was just kidding!” Really???? If yes, then its so totally convenient to take that approach to framing what you couldn’t resist but say, but yes, also would regret the not resisting..This is just an example(though I do get that quite a lot),but no, this time it is genuinely an…
Is my smile genuine?
I am upset.I am chatting on blackberry messenger with my friend.My friend is very excited about having bought a new pair of jeans.How could I kill her excitement?Its so easy for me to cope with such a situation.I just have to say.”lol(i still don’t get how these three letters could change very mood to being…
Fruits of luxury
Right from the time of ABC,perhaps the first thing we know is ‘A for Apple’.The shape,color and texture of the apple is as clear to us, as is the clarity of the alphabet song.Its when we progress from A to O, that the next word registers to us as being another important member of the…
Who understands better?
Could I possibly add another ounce of guilt to the current heap I carry around, of being a mother pushing into the little dictionary of words, my son has so carefully constructed in the two years he’s been in this world,words like ‘project’,’assignment’ and ‘exam’? Way too early for him to associate anything with these…
Desert Storms
The deserts.The truth is no matter how much of camouflage the greenery and skyscrapers have to offer,the traveller is almost at all times facing difficulty in surviving its intense heat and storms.If this is the case of a normal traveller,the one of a lost traveller is unexplainable. Each of us here trying to survive the deserts…
some stories are big.some,heavily small. 