I was around 5 feet tall at that time so treading the path taken by tiny tots or beings with feet as little was not a very intelligent decision on my part, I admit.

You may have seen that people who read a lot are emotional about their books and libraries. It is not because book is a precious item financially or even an asset by the popular parlance, but because of the emotional bond that these people have with their books. Now why do they have this bond, let us see?

He sat in his armchair which was torn at edges and the fabric – faded. Inspite of no ‘aesthetic’ pleasure and value, it had been preserved by detective Wilson for years now as a part of his family’s heritage, passed onto him by his grandfather.

Now the question of surprise is why suddenly these movements came into being at the same time? One reason can be one, protests give the heads up to another. Other could be that the height of atrocities reached a level where public had no other option than to become outrageous and bring revolution.

It is an irony that, with so many incidents happening in her capital city, India still doesn’t have the right laws to deal with rapists. Most of them get away easily after committing the horrendous crime. Most of the cases aren’t even reported. Delhi Police does a fantabulous job, of limiting the number of rape cases, in the city, by refusing to report them at all.

So, one fine day, he decided to show how thankful he is, by slapping the Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar, considering him as a symbol of responsibility for the mess.

Built by the British in 1895, across the river Periyar, it was supposed to last a 50 years, according to its engineer, it has today, far lived its life span. Man’s greed has made the dam last beyond 100 years. After India‘s Independence, all those pre-independence pacts have been made defunct, this one, somehow still continues to hold forth causing dispute between two states… (As a matter of fact, the pact was renewed in 1970, between Tamil Nadu and Kerala whereby operation of the dam was bestowed on Tamil Nadu). As of now, Kerala wants a cancellation of the instant pact.

Earlier that year, I travelled alone for the first time fromIrelandtoSouth Korea. I stood in the airport bookshop, looking for some book to keep me company.

One story that is missing in that book is the story of Hamirsar. The artificial lake that forms the heart of Bhuj and reason for its existence.

Take a look through the years of the beauty pageants, be they city-centric, state-centric, nation-centric or world-centric – all of them seem to endorse the view that tall, slim and good-looking women define beauty. What about the rest of the women? Aren’t short, stout, plump and natural looking women, not beautiful?