Isn’t it an idea that we fall in love with? And when we come across someone who tantalises our eyes, we attribute all those characters to their physical form and get attached to that idea: A figment of our imagination that we begin to live with, dream and aspire for and build an existence around. [...]
Last week’s twin blasts in Hyderabad have, once again, reminded us of our weaknesses and vulnerabilities. There’s much anger even as political mudslinging and blame-shifting make a mockery of the precious lives lost and the irreversible damage to the city, and everyone directly and indirectly involved in the blasts of February 21. However, there is [...]
AA close friend’s birthday party earlier this week was the cause of both excitement and dread. Excitement to the die-hard Bollywood fans amongst the invitees, and dread to those who were caught up in the more serious issues of life, including work and such like, who couldn’t indulge their desires. The Bollywood-themed costume party was [...]
News of Pope Benedict XVI resigning has elicited a mixed response from around the globe. Some groups used this opportunity to bring to light the child sex scandals that rocked the religious structure. Other groups have praised the Pope’s decision born of his ability to recognize his limitations and take such a difficult stand. The [...]
No matter how hard we try, it is difficult to escape the commercial trappings of St Valentine’s Day on 14 February every year. Closer to Valentine’s Day, the radio plays mushy songs all day; reruns of the most soppy romance movies of all time dominate practically every TV channel; cafes and restaurants dress up in [...]
Can a dip in a river wash away all your sins? It can, if you believe it can. Millions, who gather at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad for the greatest spiritual spectacle on earth, believe it can. These scores of believers fight all odds to visit the Kumbh Mela to bathe in the Ganges. [...]
In 2010, when champion golfer Tiger Woods made a public apology about his troubled marital life and all the pain and hurt it caused his family, friends and professional associates, I thought it was very brave of Woods (though it was choreographed and scripted to the T). Most achievers in public life would have pushed [...]
It’s the people that make a place beautiful. People make a culture meaningful, and people make an experience memorable. During my recent travels, I met an interesting man, who knew how to live in the moment, value relationships, fight the odds that life threw at him and balance his desires and aspirations. That Chaminda S [...]
The island of Sri Lanka is full of surprises and has its own unique brand of identity, although Indians are always tempted to draw parallels to parts of India. The beach destination of Hikkaduwa is a lot like a mix between Kerala and Goa. Kandy is a lot like the lush Nilgiris, etc. On one [...]
I’m often asked to do Tarot readings on a good time to start something – a diet plan, a new job, an exercise regimen, the process to quit smoking, etc. My answer, without consulting the cards, would first be to start now. Then I check with the cards, and for most readings, the answer is [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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