This is the sight I dread the most when I travel. Knowing my luck, I have no difficulty finding my seat on the flight even if I do not have my boarding card. I just have to close my eyes and follow the sound till it cannot grow any louder. […]

Radiolab is just amazing when it comes to telling stories. They have a way of making very complex ideas and concepts come alive by the use of sound effects and banter between the hosts. In this episode the two hosts talk to two Ironman competitors, Julie Moss and Wendy Ingraham […]

There was a lot of hue and cry over the remarks that Mr Narayan Murthy made about the slump in the quality of education in IITs. He talked about the need to overhaul the selection criteria for students seeking admission to these institutions. He said, “Thanks to the coaching classes […]

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your […]

When so many writers are talking of the emergence of India on the global stage, it is interesting that we are getting riddled with scams. From the Bofors Scam, Commonwealth Games scam, Adarsh Housing Scam, IPL scam, to the Fodder Scam to the 2G scam, we seem to have covered […]

Will you still need meWill you still feed meWhen I’m sixty four…When the Beatles sang this song in 1967 being sixty four seemed very far away. Paul McCartney is supposed to have written it when he was just 16. What does this have to do with Aarakshan? Plenty.Today when India […]

In the post called Snapshots from Kashmir I had detailed my trip through the Jammu and Kashmir region. From the Kashmir valley to Dras was a memorable drive. This post takes off from where that post ended.Day 3: Dras-Kargil-BudhKarboDras is cold. Winters are extremely harsh with average lows around -22 […]

I finally had an opportunity to criss cross Jammu & Kashmir by road. Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It consists of three divisions – the foothill plains of Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and the mountains of Ladakh.The route wasDay 1: Udhampur-Jammu-Ramban-Pampore-SrinagarI started in Udhampur which is […]