Tall Tales

The Big Bang Theory is hitting all the right buttons when it comes to comedy.But Sheldon and company has an obscene carbon footprint,considering the amount of plastic packaging in the takeout dinners they have every night while cracking Batman jokes and fighting over spots on the couch.

In my last post I had mentioned how “development”, as we know it would make our earth unlivable in a very short span of time. This post illustrates that assertion with a real life incident which touches nearly each one of us. Or at least each one of us who drinks soft drinks It was[Continue Reading...]

Ideas, or ideologies are one of the most defining traits of humans. Still more mystifying is their propensity to go to war and kill each other over them. Yet, in the cold light of reason most of these ideologies are not worthy of their apologists’ spirited defence, or their attackers’ outraged attacks. Take the idea[Continue Reading...]

So you love monsoons? Especially the pitter patter of fat raindrops, the howling winds that create shimmering curtains of rain and the cool wind on your hair (disclosure: I have none, but I have an imagination). If you fall in this club then it would not be a stretch to say that you would love[Continue Reading...]

A farmer with a pair of bulls ploughing a field is the quintessential symbol of India, despite economic reform and industrialization. Another typical Indian symbol, though not as common as the plough is the spinning wheel, also called “charkha”. I got to, yesterday and today work on both these tools that are as old as[Continue Reading...]

After nearly a fortnight in the desolate and lonely hills I have started to dimly understand how different life is from the one I was accustomed to in the cities in the plains. I touched upon one aspect of this difference, that of education, in one of my earlier posts. But there are a lot[Continue Reading...]

Feeling sleepy, but will just pen down some of my thoughts before I hit the deck.I especially wanted to talk a bit about the kids who study here. Kids in this school are amazing. They do everything in the school, from cleaning to drying to maintenance to packaging. Even at home they get a lot[Continue Reading...]