PinnedBotton UpI have always believed in the serendipity of books. It is not Bibliomancy. But, more like synchronicity. The timing of finding a book or a passage from a book that has an uncanny relevance to something happening in my life just then. Have blogged about it in the past. …Sex And Relationships6 min readSex And Relationships6 min read
Mar 19Pleasures of porkaholism: India begins to discover mind-blowing range of porcine delicacies“Porkaholism” is a thing, I am told. There are pork lovers. And some are pork crazy. They will leave everything if they see pork on the table. Pork is the most widely eaten meat in the world. “Porkaholics” are found across geographies, regions and culture. …Food5 min readFood5 min read
Mar 14FrictionIn the last few years there has been a tsunami of books on how to regain focus in a digitally atomised world. OOLD or Obsessive Online Disorder became a new age malady even before the advent of social media. Then arrived SMS and MMS making us hooked onto our mobile…Focus3 min readFocus3 min read
Aug 28, 2022The Changing World of WorkJobs don’t come with ‘lifetime guarantee’ any longer The world of work is changing. #jobs won’t come with lifetime guarantee. Not even “sarkari naukri”. #education must focus on #employability not #employment. Develop #skills, #entrepreneurship. Not just degrees. Don’t fall for fake promises of politicians. In recent weeks there has been…Jobs5 min readJobs5 min read
Apr 22, 2022War of Words and SwordsOver the past two weeks there has been a lot of brandishing of swords but also a war of words. The swords were on display during Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti processions that led to communal clashes at many places in the country. The verbal exchanges followed with political parties…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Mar 12, 2022The past one year has been, arguably, the most difficult year for Narendra Modi since he took over…The past one year has been, arguably, the most difficult year for Narendra Modi since he took over as Prime Minister in 2014. Critics never cut him any slack. But they had ratcheted up the attacks several notches in the last twelve months. While Covid 2.0 pandemic raged, BJP suffered…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Jan 16, 2022Finding meaning in the mundaneSo, are you one of us who looked forward to the New Year starting on a better note only to find little has changed if they haven’t actually become worse? All resolutions made appear quite meaningless — at least for now. I suspect this is the situation with many. For…New Year2 min readNew Year2 min read
Nov 21, 2021Modi blinks on Farm LawsWhen Narendra Modi watchers woke up on the morning of Guru Nanak Jayanti, they were expecting to see images of the Prime Minister visiting some Gurdwara. In other years, he has been to the Rakabganj Gurdwara in Delhi. With Punjab elections in a few months people did not rule out…India5 min readIndia5 min read
Oct 25, 2021Men — O (please)-PauseA couple of years back a friend committed suicide. He was from my school in Kolkata. I did not know him then as he was a few of batches senior. We came from a similar Bengali middle-class background. He went on to become an engineer, while I turned out to…Life7 min readLife7 min read
Aug 28, 2021MONDAY MUSINGSMONDAY MUSINGS The cheat sheet for creativity Teaming up: As many of us probably did not realise or pay attention then — the sight of colleagues at work itself is a de-stressing factor — Getty Images/iStockphoto Taking a break on Mondays may not only drive away the blues but cultivate creativity * We often mistake ‘creativity’ to be a faculty that only artists, writers and composers need to possessCreativity4 min readCreativity4 min read