Travelling Times

"Female foeticide is such a big social issue in India that India's Oprah is a guy." [courtesy Kintan Brahmbatt, a FB friend] Are we bored with our lives? Do we need to turn on the television to tell us where we're headed, whether North or South? And lastly, which is the biggest problem that we face in our everyday lives; ignorance, lies or inaction? I appreciate Aamir's "honest" efforts to highlight and eradicate the perils faced by the "common man". A show that reaches out to the masses through various channels on a Sunday morning; Perfect timing for the "common man" to finish his brunch, check his facebook account (comment/like/share) and tune in to watch "Truth alone prevails." I have watched a couple of episodes, and my wife has filled me with the details of the rest. Honestly, I do enjoy the songs at the end but nothing more to it. I have never watched the Oprah Winfrey Show either, but I hold that lady and her show in...

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson August 15th 2006. Some days in our lives remain etched in memories. This was one of those days. We had returned from a trip that signaled the end of our student lives (at least for most of us). I was with two of my closest friends when our final semester results got published. Both of them were celebrating the fact that the tip of the Engineering iceberg had been conquered. And one of them had just landed a job with Infosys. I stood in a corner, shrinking away from their limelight as reality served me a knock-out punch. While India celebrated it's 59th year of Independence, I was shackled by the chains of incompetence and misfortune. "If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."  ~Flavia Weedn In the midst of my miseries, I interviewed for a BPO job. I cleared the first four rounds, but stumbled at the final bl...

"I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then." - Alice in Wonderland After a long hiatus, I'm (presumably) back. To be honest, it started feeling a little weird without the comforts of this blog. There are a few reasons (we always have something or the other) that have kept me in the wilderness. Firstly, a new job has forced me to spend more time at work and the commute is longer as well. Secondly (and most importantly), I don't have access to my blog at work (with due respect to my previous employers :D). So when I feel like blogging, I don't feel the surge of creativity. And when I get into the mood (usually while riding the bike), I can't pen it down. Finally, when push came to shove, I donned my headphones, added my favourite songs to the playlist and started. "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a...