Columns

Gentleman Jim..!
Even now, nearly fifty years after his death, from different households throughout the world flows out the rich, powerful voice
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Anonymous Letters..!
In the good old days, cowards drew out dagger or spear and hiding in a crowd, thrust their weapon into
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Pushing Yourself Out of a Grave..!
Many years ago, I worked as a salesman in my dad’s interior decoration company. Something that I feared and dreaded
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Death Through Cellphone Chatter..!
I see many people talking on their cell phones while driving or riding their bikes, and to such as these
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The Watch Thrown on the Floor..!
The watch on the floor looked broken. I had seen it being flung to the ground. It had taken but
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Self-Pity and the Snow Storm..!
Many years ago while reading the book, Silas Marner by George Eliot, I remember the way one of the characters,
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Mouse and Motherboard..!
India may be tops in IT, but for those who have not mastered mouse and motherboard, the changeover is a
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Truth and Justice Chandrachud..!
‘..truth is both a sword and a shield in a democracy…” Justice Chandrachud “Impossible!” we shake our heads and say
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Ban Lifts and Bridges..!
Three years ago Mumbai woke up to the scary news that a portion of a bridge in Andheri had collapsed.
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God’s Garlands for Us..!
The old man looked out of his window. He saw his neighbour very surreptitiously placing a ladder on his side
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Woman Thrown Off Train..!
‘WOMAN RESISTS ROBBER ON TRAIN,” read the headlines, ‘AND FALLS ON TRACKS!’ A few years ago I read about fifty-eight
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Choral Music and the Sound Man..!
Since I love choral music every once in a while I’m asked to come as a judge to hear choirs
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