“Here I sit, in the almost-morning of December 31, not sleepy, not quite wide awake. The end of 2004. Year ends are always so inexplicably sad, like the ends of relationships, or like slowly realising that time, no matter how hard you try

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I strongly believe in the power of words and the magic it can create. Words are not just what we hear or read; the deeper meaning lies in the intention while speaking them. Sometimes we say nice things because we mean it, sometimes we don’t

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“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.” - Jacques Barzun Today as most of the youth of our country go for the higher paying jobs in the MNC’s there are few who dedicate their lives in this noble profession, oh yes some do purely

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Pizzaro was a perfect example of the expression “He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.” After a lifetime of treachery and violence, even toward his own countrymen, he was astonished when

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It has become a significant and undefined standard that I wake up every morning to partake of my dark elixir. I am easily excited that fresh brewed coffee will soon be in my empty tummy. The grinding of aromatic beans and the preparation

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Generally, I’m extremely wary of national bestsellers; they tend to be nothing but a couple of clichés mixed together a little differently. But Killing Critics by Carol O’Connell came as a pleasant surprise. It has an unusual plotline

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India being a secular country, since ancient times there is prevalence of different sects with different religious beliefs and practices. Religion has always been a sensitive issue in India. Hence, not many among us like to question some of the

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(A muse on the relevance of the life and words of Mahatma Gandhi as an ode to his birthday):
Life runs in fleeted foot. No time to pause and stare. Life goes in a buzz, a year full of activity packed in an infinitesimal second

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The Central Board of Secondary Education had introduced Disaster Management as a frontline curriculum for standard VIII from the academic year 2003 – 2004, IX from 2004 – 2005, and plan to introduce it in X in the next academic session

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A decade ago, there was Harry Potter. A decade later, there is Twilight. Many might argue that Stephenie Meyer’s vampire love saga still has a long way to go before it can even come close to holding a candle to JK Rowling’s masterpiece. However, it won’t take long for the Twilight series to become equally popular in their own right

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I have always felt the need to know my scriptures, the epics, the stories and fables that make our lives so much more colourful. It makes us richer in our sensibilities and makes us understand the origin of our culture and heritage

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Uniformity in administration brings about an effectiveness of policy execution in any country, or even in an organisation or an institute. It is this effectiveness which translates into a successful enterprise of governance

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In the contemporary world, with the advancements in the spheres of science & technology, media has become an inseparable necessity of our being. It plays a key role in the overall strengthening of the fabric of a responsible

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“Post 9/11, most novels have only scratched the surface. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a glorious exception to this rule.” – The Outlook This is Mohsin Hamid’s second novel after Moth Smoke. The fact that it was short, listed for the Man Booker Prize

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How would you recognize Criss Angel as an escapologist , a magician or a musician? Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos, the real name has been taken over by his stage name - Criss Angel. He is an American of Greek descent

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“How many of you can utter the word ‘vagina’?”, only few hands rose up with reluctance. “If we all utter ‘vagina’ in chorus can you utter it?”. There were quite a few vigorous nods but most of them shied away. None of these are

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Most of us, if asked, do have a favorite book or books; all of for different reasons. Some for the sheer imagination of the author that keeps us hooked to the story till the very end. Others with the unexpected climax

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Ramadan is the ninth and the most important month of the Muslim calendar.. It is believed that it has immense powers to uplift, empower and turn around our situations individually and collectively. It is the spring season

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When the majority of the leading Hindi channels seemed to have been ruled over by the customary Saas-Bahu soaps, in which women have nothing much to do but gossip about their in-laws and have extra-marital affairs

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Sanskrit has moulded the minds of our people to the extent to which they themselves are not conscious. Sanskrit literature is national in one sense, but its purpose has been universal. That was why it commanded the attention

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The language of Sanskrit is of a wonderful structure, more perfect than Greek, more copious than Latin and more exquisitely refined than either.
- Sir William Jones
Sanskrit can be termed as language of scriptures and religious texts

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There are certain books, which, when we are done reading them, do not leave us with a sense of completion; they do not give us the sense of fulfilment or the feeling of having arrived at a conclusion. They are the kind of books

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The life story of Buddha evokes in us peace, compassion and bliss. A religion that was born and flourished in India is now almost completely extinct from the country

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A huge chain of schools across the country are famous wide over for the stupendous quality of students they prepare year after year. There is a huge array of distinguished alumni produced especially by private and convent schools. It is not the glory of our Indian schools that I wish to submit in this article, but to find out the black, white & grey areas of the Indian Education System.

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The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppein, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Sex-Pistols, The Spice Girls, James Blunt and the like are believed to be some of the most successful musical acts of all times. Three decades ago, record payers and gramophones belted out the dulcet tones of John Lennon and Freddie Mercury.

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