Bengaluru's Road Riddle

Helmets helmets everywhere, nobody is going anywhere... According to a statistics published by a leading daily, Bengaluru has over 60 lakh registered vehicles. That is, one vehicle for every two people. Adding to this are transport vehicles, office cabs, office buses, 6600+ city buses (best to my knowledge).  There is a common factor that binds all the Bengalurians, and that is traffic, and complaints about traffic. I am...

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नज़र

नज़र नज़र में नज़रिया बदल जाता है, एक नज़र में जीने का जरिया बदल जाता है | - Random Thought by ...

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Our Shanta Bai is Not a Thief

Wednesday. 8:40 AM. Ding Dong. Look who's at the door- our very own Shanta Bai. That's the name I have given to our maid because, with my scarce knowledge of Kannada and her zero knowledge of Hindi, I can't ask her name! A few seconds later. The kitchen is purging with the customary sound of her washing the utensils and the fragrance of ready to be savoured ginger tea. We courteously asked the old lady if she needs warm water to wash utensils,...

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Nothing But Hunger!

Peeping out of the window of the fourth floor of my office sipping from my mug of green tea this winter afternoon, I was simply observing the traffic and mortals on the road. I noticed something. Something which is very usual for most of us. A street vendor stood across the road with his cart, beneath a luxurious showroom. The cart carried corns (roasted corns is what he supposedly had been vending). Let's name him Bhuttaswamy. Bhuttaswamy...

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A Poetic Endeavor : Seasons of Heart

Fading sunshine and waning moon, Subtle is the warmth of winter bloom, O night! Thee fade slowly. Heart shells the pain out, Tear drops like rain seldom ever end, Wait, for the bliss is calling! Spring comes calling dear Darling, Happiness blooms along and the fragrance clinging, For love we share unending, A melancholy drop of water, In arms of thunder is born anew, Dreaming to green the gree...

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ये नोट कल हो ना हो !

एटीएम की लंबी कतार में लग कर जब खुद ही का कमाया हुआ 2 हज़ार का एक नोट मिलता है तो इतना हर्ष होता है मानों कोई जंग जीत कर आये हो। फिर जब उसी 2 हज़ार के नोट का छुट्टा करवाने के तरीक़े ढूंढने की जुगाड़ में निकलते हैं और अचानक कोई दूकानदार ईश्वर का अवतार बन के इस नोट के बदले सौ के नोट देता है तो ऐसा लगता है मानो सर्वस्व को पा लिया हो। जब हम हमारे पास इकट्ठे चन्द 1000 और 500 के नोट को बैंक में जमा कर आते हैं तो ऐसा सुकून मिलता है मानो लाश को ठिकाने लगा...

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Book Review: The Calling

This is a book authored by Priya Kumar, an internationally acclaimed author and a motivational speaker. I am thankful to Priya Kumar's team for sending me a review copy. This book is about Arjun who has a wrecked personal and professional life. While he is on the verge of getting divorced, Arjun took a trip to the Himalayas to reach Hemkund Sahib pilgrimage on insistence of a sadhu. That is when he had a fantasized journey leading him to find...

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तो फिर तू क्यूँ उदास है

तू सशक्त है समर्थ है, तो फिर तू क्यूँ उदास है, तू गिर ज़रा संभल ज़रा, क्यूँ हो रहा हताश है, तू रक्त है विरक्त है, तुझी से वक़्त की आस है, तू जलज है समुद्र तू, बुझा दे जो भी प्यास है, जो समझे ना तेरी कदर, छेड़ दे तू इक ग़दर, ये विश्व तेरा सर्वस्व है, अकेला तू फिरे किधर, पाषाण जो हो राह में, ना पथ पृथक तू करना , आँधियों की गति से डर के, ना तू चाह छोड़ना, हो दूर ग़र अरुण किरण, उसकी राह तू ताकना, जो तन से तू थके अग़र, ना मन से कभी तू हारना...

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Book Review: Dare to Be- 14 Fearless Women Who Gave Wings to Their Dreams

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." This is what I concluded from this book. I spotted this book as a recommendation on Amazon. The title of the book was powerful enough to make me read the description. And I pre-ordered a copy, subsequently. This is a book on success stories of 14 women who decided to embark on the journey of living their passion by calling it quits to their stable corporate career. All...

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A Blank Notebook

Amidst eerie calm of the midnight, she was tossing and turning on the bed. All that was audible was the clock ticking near the door. On that full moon night, a glint of moonlight was peeping past the curtains, adding dim light to her room. The king size bed was too wide for her to lie there alone. Like every year, December weather in Bengaluru was not that cool. Anamika was all alone at home, her husband had been out for three days to attend...

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