Addiction of Comics & My Love for Books

Addiction of Comics & My Love for Books

Like most children of our generation, I too was fond of reading comics. In those days, comics were among the very few sources of entertainment available to children – second to television, of course, which wasn’t so common in middle class families back then....
Superstitions : Why Do They Persist?

Superstitions : Why Do They Persist?

Yesterday, there was a total lunar eclipse, popularly known as the ‘blood moon. Though eclipses are now well understood by science as natural celestial phenomena resulting from the alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth, yet these events have long been shrouded...
Being an Emotional Fool

Being an Emotional Fool

A few months back a case of misappropriation of funds by an employee of our organization came to light. Keeping in view the gravity of the offence, the disciplinary authority decided to terminate the services of the delinquent official, who had already confessed to...
Today is the Result of Yesterday (Chapter 11)

Today is the Result of Yesterday (Chapter 11)

I was, rather I still am, a huge admirer of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji. In fact, he is one of the very few politicians who I really hold in high esteem. I liked everything about him – the way he spoke, the way he smiled, even the long pauses he used to have between...
Today is the Result of Yesterday (Chapter 10)

Today is the Result of Yesterday (Chapter 10)

Things may go wrong even when they’re in the most capable hands. PV Narsimha Rao was the first Prime Minister from South India. He was a scholar-intellectual and a polyglot who could speak as many as seventeen languages, including six languages in which he was fluent....