I remember two instances during my childhood when people in my area believed in religious hoaxes and they got spread quickly. One was Lord Ganesha drinking milk. I returned from...
Category: Autobiography
As far as I remember, the day I got my Tenth Standard board exam results has been the most memorable day in my life, until now. Not that I value...
Photo by Anto475 (Own work) [CC BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. I didn’t have a special connection or passion for English (subject) until my ninth standard. Until then, I treated...
I generally don’t do something unless I have to. Even though I indulged in creative writing in school, I wrote only if it had to be done as an assignment....
You might have heard of cup ice cream, cone ice cream and even stick ice cream. But have you heard of ball ice cream? It’s basically a plastic ball –...
We Indians have a weird belief in valuing security over talent/skills, while choosing a career/job. I am not saying it is totally unjustified, but there are always exceptions to it...
[Comments ON] A.R. Rehman’s Oorvasi, Oorvasi… from Kadhalan (Watch it ALSO for the DANCE) How can anyone (of my generation) even attempt to shortlist the best/top 10 songs composed by...
HAHK = Hum Aaapke Hain Koun; DDLJ = Dilwale Dulhaniyan Le Jaayenge. I guess you already know about these two BLOCKBUSTER Bollywood (Hindi) movies. If you don’t – Well,...
As a part of our CBC’s (Chennai Bloggers Club) 6-word memoir tag, I need to summarize my life in just six words. CBC is the facebook group where all the...
One day during my sixth standard annual vacation, I was playing for the entire day (as usual) and came home in the evening. My mother told me that someone had...