A conference I attended a few weeks ago had one of the most interesting keynote sessions. The session has stayed with me long after I left that world of networking and returned to my reality. Videogames designer and author Jane McGonigal spoke about using videogames to increase positive thinking and for better real-world interactions. The [...]
Hiking the Grand Canyon is one of the toughest things I’ve done. What eased the pressure off my muscles was the sheer grandeur of the canyon. At every level of the hike down, I came face to face with the most vivid natural colours, textures and shapes that only nature is capable of producing. My camera was in my backpack. Now, in hindsight, I shouldn’t have bothered putting it in my bag at all because at every turn and from every angle, there was beauty to absorb, soak in and enjoy.
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
On a narrow city bylane last week, a motorcycle was parked rather carelessly. It was obstructing the smooth flow of traffic. At one point, there was a major jam with cars from either side nudging for space to get ahead. The two-wheelers and cycles took up every inch of space between the larger vehicles, making [...]
A number of eclipses are taking place during the months of April and May this year. The spring eclipse, which is a lunar eclipse in the Swati Nakshatra, happened on the night of April 25. The annular solar eclipse will happen on May 10 and the penumbral lunar eclipse will happen on May 25. Will [...]
I just finished reading the third installment of the Shiva trilogy, The Oath of the Vayuputras, by author Amish. Plot, strategy and clever references to mythological stories apart, what struck me most about this much-awaited book, which sold millions of copies, is not what the book blurb says: Evil has risen. Only a God can [...]
A business visit to London last week took me down memory lane. Over the weekend, with work behind me, I set off to explore how much central London had changed. To my relief (and not so surprisingly), it hadn’t changed at all. Just a few new buildings had altered the landscape, only a little. I [...]
A weekend trip to a jungle retreat was not just an unwinding pleasure trip, it also ended up being an exercise in overcoming fear. The weekend experience helped me in understanding how to deal with what the body and mind take to be foreign, unknown and therefore to be feared. Now, this was a jungle [...]
Nothing lasts forever. Not friends or foes, as the Ambani brothers have shown us this week. Not good times or bad, as Sanjay Dutt’s verdict and his reaction to it have shown. Not even staying out of trouble all the time, as Olympic medal winning boxing champion Vijender Singh’s alleged involvement in the heroin case [...]
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Ajay Hotchandani As is the routine every morning, I wake up, toss and turn for about an hour trying to find the motivation to get out of bed. Somewhere between eating and showering, I check my email and have a glance at the news on Google. Later that day I had to go pick my [...]
According to a survey of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials, there are about 620 buildings and another 100 on the outskirts that need immediate demolition in the twin cities. The GHMC engineers’ wing has certified that these 700 old buildings including 200 in Secunderabad could fall any time. Do we need to lose a [...]
The forest department has taken to task many of Hyderabad’s fortune-tellers for the alleged torture and cruel treatment of parakeets under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Raids were conducted by the State Forest Department officials and members of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in Chirkur, Kukatpally and Ameerpet areas that led to the rescue of [...]
One step forward, two steps back
There are positive signals from the G8 summit regarding the plan of action that must be pursed in Syria. Russian leader Vladmir Putin, the man who is the main hurdle to the creation of some means formidable to bringing down Assad, has hinted that he may allow removing Assad provided there is a plan for [...]
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