The ‘Sh’ Factor
Outside the Delhi railway station, I asked the Auto driver if he will go to Salimar Garden and his face glowed with a smile. Once inside the auto, brother told me it is Shalimar, not salimar. “But I said the same”, I defended. This was my first day in Delhi and my tongue was hardly … Read more
Chhath Pooja is being politicised. What about Ganesh Chaturthi or Dahi handi
MNS chief Raj Thackeray said yesterday that he is not against Chhath Pooja (after going against his earlier statement that he was opposed to the festival being organised by Biharis in various parts of Mumbai). However, this turnaround on his last statement is on one condition – that Chhath Pooja will not be politicised. Mr. … Read more
Operation Eunuch and the Murphy’s law at work
My neice is the result of several prayers – the entire family worshipped almost every god to bless my elder brother and bhabhi with a child. four years into their marriage and bhabhi had not still conceived. Finally, with the blessings of all the gods and one special person, our neice was born on the … Read more
Single in the city
sushmita bose of “single in the city” fame will not write for the column on hindustan times any more. she announced her decision to quit the column (she is quitting her job with hindustan times) in her last to last weeks column. it was sad to know that we no longer would get to know … Read more
India’s internet story
When the US pioneered the use of internet as a part of a military project in 1958, little did it fathom that it will be such a big hit commercially as it is now. Today internet users account for 16.6 % or 1,093,529,692 of the total World population. Now that’s what is called a revolution. … Read more
A bus service named Mayawati
do you know what people call the yellow buses run by UP roadways between ghaziabad, noida and delhi? mayawati. that’s because it was mayawati, the present chief minister of UP, who restarted the bus service between noida and delhi. during the reign of mulayam singh yadav, the ex-chief minister of UP, the bus service between … Read more
My tryst with internet
it was 2001 and there was an unsent admit card that was vexing me. there were only a few weeks left for the exam and i had spent more than a thousand on the form. phone calls to the institute didn’t help. someone suggested me to email the concerned people for help. email?? what’s that? … Read more
Where is the civic sense in Indians?
if mumbai is infamous for its gang-wars, delhi rues about the rallies that are organised here almost everyday. just a day after mayawati brandished her support with the crowd collected from all parts of northern india in delhi, BJP and akali dal decided to hold a rally of its supporters from punjab. so there was … Read more
Delhi To Noida
“Where can i get a bus to Noida”, I asked this young gentleman at the corner of the road. Go towards the depot and you will know. The answer appeared vague that time, but I soon learnt what he meant. Naveda, Naveda – bus conductors were shouting at their highest pitch to draw in passengers to … Read more
