The morning of 12th December as I read the newspaper the one thing that stayed with me, media and the most of us is the ethereal pictures of The VRUSHKA (For the uninitiated it’s the acronym for Virat- Anushka) Wedding. So since everyone has something to say about this wedding I too would like toContinueContinue reading “Tuscany Wedding”
Category Archives: Mindscape
Regrets of an Early Marriage
This Navratri I decided to trek up to the Neemuch Mata Mandir which is considered as the Vaishno Devi of Udaipur, after more than 12-13 years. The Temple is situated atop a hill at a height of approximately 900 meters close to Fatehsagar, Udaipur. Besides the belief in the Devi, the temple offers a mesmerizingContinueContinue reading “Regrets of an Early Marriage”
Letter to PM
सोमवार, 28 अगस्त 2017 आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री महोदय, सबसे पहले मेवाड़ की इस धरा पर प्रधानमंत्री बनने के पश्चात् पहली बार कल पधारने पर आपका स्वागत है. पूरा प्रशासन, आपकी पार्टी के मंत्री/नेतागण सब इस यात्रा को ऐतिहासिक बनाने में जुटे हुए हैं, साथ ही जनता भी अपने प्रधानमंत्री को सुनने के लिए तत्पर लगती है.ContinueContinue reading “Letter to PM”
Pedalling Up
As I was attending a social function in the morning an acquaintance walked up to me and joked about the Cycling pictures that I regularly post on the social media since the time I took on to cycling. I bought my cycle on 5 months back, the last time I had purchased one was duringContinueContinue reading “Pedalling Up”
Prawns on my Plate
आदरणीय पासवान जी, आपको बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद देना चाहूँगा क्योंकि आपकी उस आधुनिक अवं सोशलिस्ट सोच की लिए जिसके रहते अब हम जैसे मासूम ग्राहकों को यह बावर्चीखाने लूट न सकेंगे. जो आपने सोचा है सही है, हमें जानने का हक है की झींगे की एक प्लेट में कितने मिलेंगे (वैसे आपके सहयोगी दल कोContinueContinue reading “Prawns on my Plate”
Mrs. Patrawala
As one of the wealthiest community in India: The Parsi’s celebrate their New Year, I can’t but think about my Parsi landlady in Mumbai: Mrs Patrawala. Having lived in Mumbai for around seven years ending with the millennium, was lucky to have stayed most of those years in an amazing hostel a stone’s throw awayContinueContinue reading “Mrs. Patrawala”
Shame on Us
Over the past few months our region has been a witness to things that as citizen of this Free Liberal nation makes me hang my head in shame. 70 years since independence and preceded by the clarion call of Mahatma Gandhi against untouchability, we the citizens of India who in the comfort of our drawingContinueContinue reading “Shame on Us”
Unrequited Love
आज १४ फ़रवरी को वैलेंटाइन डे बनाने वालों में से मैं खुद तो बिलकुल नहीं हूँ, लेकिन जो मानते हैं या मानते थे या मनाने का सोचते है व् उन सब के लिए जिनका इश्क क़ामिल न हो पाया उनके लिए मशहूर शायर साहिर लुधयानवी की नज़्म – ‘मता-ए-ग़ैर’ शेयर कर रहा हूँ.https://youtu.be/HTBIIvSlhUU जैसा कीContinueContinue reading “Unrequited Love”
Happy Birthday Anubhav
Dear Anubhav, Wishing you a very Happy Fortieth Birthday and may the Birthday Celebrations we have been having over the past one month never end ! We have been friends since Kindergarten at St. Pauls, went to Mayo the same year, left it the same year for Delhi / Mumbai landed back to pavilion i.e.ContinueContinue reading “Happy Birthday Anubhav”
What it means being a Rotarian
As a child growing up in Udaipur in the eighties my first interface with Rotary was thru the Rotary Mela that the Rotary Club of Udaipur used to and still organizes. In those days these kinds of melas were an annual affair unlike now where they are dime a dozen. The fun and the commitmentContinueContinue reading “What it means being a Rotarian”
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