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 ......
9 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......
10 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......
10 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......
10 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
