Jaswant Singh has managed to get great publicity for his new book and sure, it is flying off the shelf like hot cakes. He has got suspended from BJP in the bargain. So, he has talked about Jinnah and said that the responsibility of Partition is equally shared by Nehru and Sardar Patel. Fine, who … Read More →
After my recent trip to Hyderabad, after getting back I developed slight sore throat. It became cold, cough and slight fever the next day. In other circumstances, I would have waited one more day for the fever to intensify to visit the doctor. But given the current spread of swine flu across the country, I … Read More →
Kids got to meet their cousins – my sis-in-law’s kids during our recent vacation. The girl (Isha) is slightly older than Siddharth and the boy (Akhil) is a year younger to Gautam. What is with boys and cars, first of all? I had taken along just 4-5 small toy cars for Gautam as his familiar … Read More →
Today, I spoke to one of my batchmates from my MBA days. She has moved to NY and I just recently got in touch with her through what else but Facebook. We got chatting and I realized that here is this gem of a person, I hardly knew when in college. Back then, we stuck … Read More →
It sounds silly but visiting a spa has always held a special kind of appeal to me. And, though I have planned for it so many times, something or the other has always come up and my plans do not materialize. I have always been a sucker for massages. My mother was so gentle and … Read More →
This news surely did not merit front-page coverage in the newspapers in India. Shahrukh Khan, one of the most popular actors in the Indian film industry was taken for a second check and questioned by an immigration officer in the US. He had gone to the US on 14th August to take part in the … Read More →
India celebrates its 63rd Independence Day today. No matter where we are, we begin the day with flag hoisting and playing the national anthem. When we were little kids and we had only Doordarshan – one channel on TV, we would dutifully watch the PM’s speech and also the Manoj Kumar-brand of patriotic songs. The … Read More →
I heard about this peculiar news yesterday. The whole so-called controversy happened when a lady tried to get into the swimming pool wearing a head-to-toe garment as a substitute for a conventional swim suit in a swimming pool. She was incensed when not allowed to swim in this attire and has cried religious discrimination. I … Read More →
As 10 people die of swine flu and the deaths and number of infections increase everyday, the panic mounts. This being a type of flu which spreads through air, it is very difficult to curtail and prevent infections owing to the fact that even during the incubation period of the virus it could spread from … Read More →
We started getting swine flu cases for the first time in India a couple of months back. As expected, the carriers were air travelers coming from nations that already had reported cases. Some screening was done at the airports and it was found that some people were suffering from swine flu. The cases were pretty … Read More →