R.S.V.P.
RSVPing R.S.V.P. is a short form for “répondez s’il vous plaît” which translates to “respond please” and is actually a French phrase which is considered old fashioned and formal and not used these days. But you would see the use…
Category My Life and Times
A tribute to Sharda Sinha
Sharda Sinha: Doyen of Bhojpuri Music I am not sure but maybe it’s somewhere in 1990s. We used to live in a place called Boleng in Arunachal Pradesh. There were many times when our days began with music of Sharda…
Lucknow – The Two Sides
Plan We have not been travelling for more than 2 years now and there was a family event and we managed to travel to Lucknow. We didn’t had lot of time at our hand and our three year old daughter…
Hair Cut and Covid-19
Tail Event? Talk about a tail event and disruption, Covid has been a tail event that nobody wanted and hair cutting salons in India are hard hit. While doing my own hair cut today myslef I was thinking if someone…
Alchemy, Elements and their Origins
Why Alchemy? Alchemy is one of the oldest somewhat scientific approach through which people have tried to make gold from different methods. But with all the technological advancements we still have not been able to make fundamental elements artificially. The…
Notes on Parenting
Disclaimer: This is not a parenting advice. I am not qualified enough but this is a reminder to myself and open for feedback. All this is subject to change. My daughter Ira is more than 2 years now and these…
Bhojpuri Music: A Folk Tradition
Bhojpuri and Me Language is close to many people’s heart. Now its somewhat unfortunate that the language that I am talking is something that I can’t speak myself at this point. And I have seen as a kid that my…
My First 1K Electric Ride on Ather 450
How I got my first bike? I lived in a small town called Boleng tucked away in Arunachal Pradesh where I learnt cycling on a patch of road of less than 500m which was not going up and down like…
Caught Red Handed!!!
Indian society is somewhat different from societies around the world and a lot goes unspoken in families. Parents normally don’t want to hear anything which is considered “bad” about their children. Mostly young people lead lives of split personality, one…
How to Make Use of Time While Driving in Bangalore !!
I am a reluctant car driver living in Bangalore, India. Never loved driving or going on a long drive, prefer if it being driven by a friend and me enjoying the ride looking out, probably helping with directions (very bad…
The Strange Case of Indian Feminism
As a kid I remember both my grandmother were smokers and me going and buying the Indian version of cigarette called “Beedi” from the nearby shop was common. Now I am not sure when and how they had started and…
Why American’s Don’t Walk?
Recently I was on a short trip to US for work. I was in a town called Longmont, Colorado. At this time of year which August the climate was very pleasant with bright sun. The temperature was hovering around 25-30…
Hawa Mahal (All India Radio Program) – A primer
Hawa Mahal is 15 min radio program broadcasted by All India Radio’s (run by Indian goverment) channel Vividh Bharti. These days there is a FM channel 102.9 MHz where this program is played at 8PM (Mon – Saturday) Stories, Anecdotes,…
Numismatist by Stroke of Luck
I am not sure about the year, but it would probably be somewhere in 1992-93, I was playing cricket in an area which wasn’t our normal playing ground.I have blurred memory of that day and it was a nice cloudy day…
Every drop makes an ocean
“Boond boond se banta hai sagar” is what we normally say in Hindi in India Here is picture from my personal experience which does convey this message This is a snapshot of my Runkeeper and I had kind of promised myself that I…