Posts Tagged ‘india’

“Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all. How do we define this lively darting about with words, of hitting them back and forth, this sort of brief smile of ideas which should be […]

He knew he had to go somewhere. But for the life of him he couldn’t recall where. Getting blind drunk on a Wednesday would do that to you, actually getting blind drunk on any day. Days and alcohol aren’t discriminatory that way. Nice and liberal of them he thought. Well he had paid his bar […]

Disclaimer: I am not trying to influence you to vote for any particular party- that is your discretion and right. As we approach the election season social media in India has turned into a minefield with people posting/fighting/name calling / frothing at the mouth/ fuming and what not about and for the political outfit of […]

I was travelling in Europe for 3.5 months and the main news I came home to was a brutal gang rape in Delhi that shook the conscience of a Nation- Or so I thought. Sadly I was mistaken. Throughout my travels I had been extolling the virtue of the average Indian. That despite seemingly insurmountable […]

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. -Karl Kraus In a country that has been ravaged with corruption to an extent as in India a single man has sparked hope and provided  inspiration to multitudes who had until […]

Sachin Tendulkar may have inspired others to write poetry but he batted in robust prose. Not for him the tenderness and fragility of the poet, the excitement of a leaf fluttering in a gentle breeze. No. Tendulkar is about a plantation standing up to the typhoon, the skyscraper that stands tall, the cannon that booms. […]

Lutyens Mughal Gardens

Posted: 19th February 2011 by Aditya Mahajan in Opinions, Reviews, Thoughts
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I had been long planning to visit the enigmatic Mughal gardens. The Mughal gardens are in the heart of New Delhi and adjoining the iconic Rashtrapati Bhavan. They open only for the month of Feb and March to the public. A few points that would be of concern to you are as follows: there is […]