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Gravity pull at Thanjavur

2016-01-31T20:22:00.001+05:30

‪#‎TravelTales‬ ‪#‎Thanjore‬ ‪#‎GravityPull‬ - Rs. 100 for 2 km of distance is absolutely absurd. Yes, I belong to the “middle class” irrespective of income tax bucket that I fall in. I love to spend but I don’t like to throw away money. So it took me a while to negotiate but figured out no auto driver was ready to come to the hotel for less than Rs. 80. Sigh. I took an auto and reached my

The Universal Language

2016-01-06T23:56:00.000+05:30

#TravelTales #Meenakshi #ThePowerfulCurveDuring this trip, I happened to visit temples during the auspicious Tamil month. So I was greeted with long queues at most of the temples. Meeankshi temple at Madurai was no different. I saw him not allowing people to enter in the queue. Well the discussion was happening in Tamil and hence, obviously I was clueless. He was the security guard appointed

Hello Karthik!

2016-01-05T22:39:00.000+05:30

‪#‎TravelTales‬ ‪#‎Tamilnadu‬ ‪#‎ThanjavurToTrichy‬ ‪#‎Railway‬ I had a window seat. However, it was occupied by a lady – maybe they were traveling as a family. They offered to vacate it but I just flung my luggage under the seat, asked them not to vacate my seat and went to occupy my favorite place – the doorstep of a running train. I was traveling from Thanjavur to Trichy. After a while when

The Great Indian Divide

2016-01-05T09:34:00.001+05:30

‪#‎TravelTales‬ ‪#‎TheGreatIndianDivide‬ #Rameswaram #01Jan2016 When I reached Rameswaram, he opened the main door of the hotel. When the hotel manager was explaining me about the dress code, he also pitched in with broken English. When I came out of the hotel wearing vesti, he gave me thumps up smile emoticon His name is Mohan. He is a security guard at the hotel where I was staying in

How to project yourself as a 'liberal intellectual' in ten easy steps!

2014-05-25T09:47:00.003+05:30

Note : I came across this BRILLIANT article on FB and just loved it! I am reproducing as it is. You can find this on FB @ https://www.facebook.com/notes/shefali-vaidya/how-to-project-yourself-as-a-liberal-intellectual-in-ten-easy-steps/10152273124496655 ========================================================== This article is dedicated to the average self-styled ' Indian Liberal Intellectual

A New Dawn - Hopes, aspirations and expectations

2014-05-17T18:31:00.000+05:30

Today was a very special morning. After all, so much have happened and changed in last 24 hours. Yes – election results are out. India has spoken – loud and clear. After yesterday's dream election results, sleep was sweeter and morning was calmer. Though there is a sudden loss of anxiety and curiosity, which has been replaced with a sense of fulfillment. This is the exact vacuum you would

Finally! Long wait of 10 years is about to get over!

2014-05-16T07:42:00.001+05:30

And the D Day has arrived! Here we are, just 20 minutes away before counting starts! I slept late last night– around 1am as the rush of adrenalin was just refusing to die down. I surely had more energy than Hulk :-) And I got up at 5.30am. I prayed God the first thing in morning, as soon as I was awake. Now here I am, hoping and waiting with a baited breath – cannot afford any surprise this

अच्छे दिन आने वाले है :-)

2014-05-13T10:41:00.002+05:30

I am in this happy state since last evening. Yeah I understand it is quite premature to celebrate but voila, I am already feeling excited after watching yesterday’s exit polls! Well the toughest part of watching any such poll is to decide which channel to follow for at least 5 minutes continuously considering there are some zillions of channels showing different exit polls. My preference for

हर लम्बी काली रात के बाद सुबह होती है...

2014-05-11T13:21:00.000+05:30

16th May 2014 Aha! Just less than a week to go! After all, this is the day I was waiting for ever since 2009 general election results were declared. I checked my blog and here is what I had written way back in 2009 : http://www.mihironline.com/2009/05/enigma-called-indian-democracy.html. Incidentally, 2009 results also came on 16th May. Flashback. 2004 Election results came as a cropper

A Magical Rainwalk

2014-05-09T09:44:00.003+05:30

Just like any other day, I got up at 6am and was ready to go out for morning walk at 6.30am. However as it had rained last night and it was a cloudy morning, I hesitated for a minute to decide – to go or not to go. The decision was a go. Then I opted to take a car to drive down to Botanical Garden rather than usual bike ride. Botanical garden has this beautiful 3km trail. It has an entry and

Pressing the "Restart" button

2014-05-04T12:17:00.002+05:30

Apart from increasing gray hair and higher policy premium, there are a lot of benefits of ageing. With growing age, experience also grows. So is our perspective towards life. Then there are moments which forces us to look at our inner self. The way we have lived, believed, acted or reacted, which has only strengthened with the passage of time. After spending few months in hibernation, I am

Once again...

2014-05-03T22:21:00.002+05:30

4th April 2011 - That was the last time I wrote a post for my blog. Today it is 3rd May 2014. 1125 days passed by in between. I never told my father about my blog. There was a reason. One fine day, one of my friends, with all his enthusiasm, showed this blog to my father. That was practically end of my writing. My father was worried about me writing my opinions, especially about politics. He

Line of Fire...

2011-06-03T18:25:00.011+05:30

<< To : All software professionals who feel they are god's gift to mankind, please read this. >>Vivek Pradhan was not a happy man. Even the plush comfort of the air-conditioned compartment of the Shatabdhi express could not cool his frayed nerves. He was the Project Manager and still not entitled to air travel. It was not the prestige he sought; he had tried to reason with the admin person,

Wake up India

2011-04-04T23:41:00.019+05:30