“When do we go for a vacation?” – The dreaded annual question had surfaced again. What made it difficult was that the demands of scheduling brought you out of your cocoon of inertia; you get so ensconced with the daily routine that sometimes the great escape doesn’t really seem so alluring. Constraints of the workplace […]
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The rapid growth of our cities has seen road density rise many fold, and has brought with it a lot of road rage as well. People are growing more irritable, and are easily prone to picking a fight on a whim. Everyone feels it is their sole right to reach their destination as fast as
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I finally caved in to a maniacal fit of aggressive driving last week, selfish motives being the catalyst. A slight misjudgment in estimating the travel time to my destination meant that I had to swerve left and right, perhaps getting on the nerves of other motorists as I flitted in and out of lanes (if
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Hopefully the title has grabbed your attention. Should you lose interest midway through, let me warn you upfront: You will be cursed with bad luck for 5 minutes if you do not finish reading this article. Sounds corny but familiar? This and several other recurring themes form the basis of the ubiquitous nuisance plaguing e-mail
India winning a medal at the Olympics. Politicians doing good work that benefit citizens. The Raghu household going on a vacation. What do all of these seemingly unconnected events have in common? They rarely occur. Now that last event is certainly a tricky proposition; planning, organizing and executing a vacation successfully definitely is a Herculean
A memorable trip to the North-East: Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Gangtok and Kolkata Read More »
The news that everyone had been waiting to hear – the marriage of my sister Sindhu (with Sachin) – was received with great happiness and joy by near and dear (and also relief for some who had grown increasingly exasperated that her marriage had not been fixed yet. The common refrain was that she was
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June 5- Another World Environment Day comes and goes by. Anything but fruitful. It’s kind of analogous to Labour Day where you find poor wage labourers continuing to toil away, oblivious to the significance of the date. Quite ironical, but life moves on for us doesn’t it? How would it matter if the world is
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The title is a nonchalant dismissal commonly made by members of the political class while brushing away ‘allegations’ of the poor condition of Bangalore’s roads, infrastructure, garbage disposal and the like. It is equally forthcoming from a large section of the public, albeit in a different context; the reaction is more of disdain: “well, its
The Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos this week was historic in many ways. Fernando Alonso retained his championship crown and become the youngest double champion, with Renault retaining the constructors title. The crowd had something to celebrate as local hero Felipe Massa won emphatically from start to finish, a Brazilian winner after a gap of
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