Once upon a surgical strike

Once upon a time a rat entered a house, and was nibbling at its assets. The head of the house, declared so by 30% of the inmates, decided to act decisively and finish the menace once for all. He carpet bombed the house. The rat probably died. So did the inmates.

Selfies for home

Everyone is in a mad rush to go somewhere and away... and post a picture back home.

Pakistan in Alpavirama

Pakistan was mostly absent from Alpavirama this time, creating a void necessarily unnecessary. Such unwanted wants is what defines our nation today, egged on by elements who should have been declared necessarily 'wanted', long back.

Shaadi ka intezzam

Shaadi ka intezzam jor shor se chal raha hai; aap jaroor padharen; saath mein dulha dulhan ko laana na bhulen.

शादी का इंतजाम जोर शोर से चल रहा है; आप जरूर पधारें; साथ में दुल्हा दुल्हन को लाना न भूलें

Smart Phone

A smart phone can easily outsmart you. Ask me.

I became a Teacher in 1996

I became a Teacher in 1996 - I had taught earlier, once or twice, in spaces here and there, and naturally assumed I knew how to. Twenty years down I am a wee bit wiser...

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the chief architect of mostly Sunni Pakistan, was a Shia, originally from Gujarat, whose adult life was largely spent in Bombay, and who, except for the last decade of his relatively long innings, stood for the idea of a united India and Hindu-Muslim amity. Our history books never talk about this, portraying him instead as petulant, petty and prejudiced.