Gone are the days when Lok Sabha elections were a serious competition between two major parties and a couple of namesake parties who could be identified with their flags and slogans such as, “A B C Zindabad!” or “E F G Moordabad!” Then you have to wait for a few days to know whether the …
Month: February 2019
Old order changeth, yielding place to new.
India is getting ready for the loksabha elections and the leading parties are busy and may be a bit nervous too in view of the uncertainty about the chances of victory or the possibility of the strength of the parties with whom the leading parties have a tie up. One of the strange things is …
Wait till Sunday! Make it a habit for your kids.
Though most of us get the daily news items much before the day’s newspaper reaches you, the good old habit of reading the dailies force you to wait till the day’s newspaper arrives at your home! Most of us prefer the headlines which appear in the first page and then to local news items and …
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
Nature appears in various forms to make you happy. But much depends on rain or shine or your own moods. Whatever it may be, on normal days you can wait for the sunset when His Highness is slowly disappearing to make room for small stars or full moon in the vast sky. Frankly speaking, human …
Politics, then and now.
In the good old days, if the politician visits your place, make sure that you are one among the huge crowd. I still remember certain speeches by top leaders (no matter which party he or she belong to). Once V K Krishna Menon who was to visit us at 6pm, reached our place at 11:30pm …
On your mark, get set…
Of late, I have developed some habits (good or bad, I can’t say). It is as simple as recalling the names of some famous people whom I used to worship! It could be the authors of some famous books or some politicians (jovial). The other day, I was struggling to remember the name of a …
From 3-0 to 92 all out!
“Wow!!!” All is well that ends well. If there is a will there is a way. Under Rohit’s captaincy, what else it could be. Why are these guys so happy? Maybe, they would have sent back some top order Indian batsman. A run out? Of course, a run out. I put the newspaper on the …