Summer Rain

I’m a little late with this post, considering the rain fell last night. Lots of it, at that.
I think it was Khushwant Singh who wrote that you cannot appreciate the beauty of the Indian monsoon until you’ve experienced the Indian summer. While I don’t think last night’s rain was the beginning of the monsoon, you [...]

Words

No, I’m not going to sing a song.
I was just thinking how I use some words, some terms, so often - like favourite phrases. The latest seems to be locus classicus* - I’ve lost track of how often I’ve used it this term!
The best thing about it is that auto-association is with loco, as in [...]

Economic Reservations?

That’s what the Amateur Blogger seems to suggest here. As a strategic intervention. The idea of economic status based reservation is not new (though the analysis as a strategic intervention is interesting). But if caste is a problematic basis for reservations, so is economic status. Or gender. Or educational background.
Taken by themselves, alone, none of [...]

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Blank Noise Hyderabad meets today. Just a reminder.

Of Caste and Creed and Quotas, of Cabbages and Kings

I realised the blogosphere was talking about Arjun Singh’s barmi-ness when I saw this. Yeah, I’m a bit of a lost soul. Especially when it comes to talking about things of ‘topical interest’. Which is why I don’t usually do it.
But then, sometimes I have to. One thing about the reservation debate that I see [...]

Nice plot for a soap opera

Eligible Bachelor finishes his IIT education and goes abroad for his MS. Just before he leaves, he declares that he and Distant Cousin are in love, and that they want to get married. EB’s mother is shocked - how could this be? She is sure DC had entrapped poor EB - seduced him, innocent child [...]

The Balance of Summer - II

Tan lines
Neck,
Arms,
Wrist,
Even feet.
But then, colourful sun-umbrellas and smart sunglasses, starched cottons and lovely, light linens!