Another story

What do I do with this? Why do I still have what she gave me?
I first came to know of her existence through one of those online matrimonial services. I don’t know what had made me register there - some strange impulse? But I’d made sure my profile was witty, interesting. I’d never been one [...]

Vande Mataram

Why a mother? I’ve always wondered why India is a ‘motherland’, while some countries are ‘fatherland’s. The land as mother is not an unusual image - nourishing, mysterious, the womb that accepts the seed - there is much to link the land with motherhood. The state as father is not new either - the paterfamilias, the [...]

Lagey Raho Munnabhai!

Yes, I went and watched it - immediately after the conference! Well, not immediately, but the day after, which is soon enough! We (yeah, as usual, BikerBoy, BikerGirl and li’l me) went to Sangeet.
Sangeet’s little and dingy and uncomfortable compared to the brand new theatres sprouting up in the city, but I think I like [...]

‘Tis over

The madness that I’ve been caught up in is over. Chinmayi blogs about it here, so I shall just talk about general stuff around it.
A lot of obfuscating language, but some delightfully original thinking. A lot of having to think, but also a lot of not being able to, because my head was too heavy. [...]