The aglet era
Not many people wear shoes with laces any more. "Oh Desi Babu! You haven't written a post in almost a year, you are too lazy to tie your ......
8 Years Ago
Sanskrit, German and Owls in Athens
After a long time, India has a right wing nationalist government, that does believe in the supremacy of the ancient Hindu culture. And, ju......
9 Years Ago
First Field Marshal
In my years in the land of the free, whenever the conversation turned to India's freedom movement, my American friends would ask me if Maha......
9 Years Ago
Those Bundles of Papyrus
Recently, I read an intriguing comment on this blog, asking me what my favorite books were. It has been a while since I have thought about......
9 Years Ago
Hark! The Aardvark or the Lark?
Summer holidays in India can be extremely boring. As a child, I used to get pretty excited in April, about the impending holidays. Around......
10 Years Ago
Philosophical Soliloquy
Often, when Dhanno ki Amma and I fight, I threaten her that I will leave her for the life of a yogi in the Himalayas. She threatens me ri......
10 Years Ago
