Month: October 2014

  • Demonisation of Deepawali

    Deepawali, which was celebrated yesterday with zeal and fervor, has but left a bad taste or (shall I say a trail?) of sickening noise and air pollution. It has brought at naught the laudable ‘Swachchha Bharat Campaign’ of the Prime Minster Narendra Modi. I do not know what happens to the sensitivity of the people,…

  • ‘half girlfriend’, A Riveting Book

    I am a slow reader and that is why, almost ten days back, my younger son Utkarsh gave me ‘half girlfriend’, the latest book of Chetan Bhagat and I took five days to finish it. In fact, I steal time for such readings and can afford the luxury of reading any book, magazine or even…