Opinion & Views

The thing I like about small historical towns is that you have something unbelievable to see in every part. The cultural past of the city along with the fast paced present, paints quite a picture. That was exactly what I witnessed during my trip of Bidar. After visiting the Nanak …

Sunday, 16 December 2012 – the day when I posted my first blog post. A 40 word post to be precise. Back then it was on my free WordPress site (which is private now). A newbie who just learnt about blogging starting out with a few sentences. In that josh, …

Unlike always, this isn’t going to be the last post the year 2019. And also the decade ! (That was a hint for you to read my previous blog post) I didn’t realize that this is my 5th Blogging Report Card. It’s been 5 years since I’ve been publishing my …

In a few days time, we would be again getting the dates wrong. However, it’s going to be something unusual as it’s the decade getting over. Yes ! Just pause for a while and realize that a decade is getting over. 2010-2019 – The Decade That Was full of ups …

What was the first product you purchased online? For me, it was a USB pen drive from Flipkart way back in 2011. What started with a small order soon became a way to make big-ticket purchases like TVs, ACs and so on. I’m sure most of you would have had …

I’m sure most of you reading this would be big fans of Samosa, Puris etc. Did you know that the edible oil used was first discovered in 2000 BC ? That time around, people used to collect peanuts, sunflower seeds, roast them and make a paste out of it. This …

All my life I’ve been a student at schools that are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) (except for a few years in Goa) One of the advantages of CBSE is that the syllabus/material doesn’t change much especially when you move across the country. And this was …

“500, 200, 100, 75, 30, 10, 5, 2.1,.,.,…” those were some tense moments a few hours ago. At 01:55 hours, not only were the scientists at ISRO following Chandrayaan 2, there were a billion of us. The final moments of Vikram lander were quite close to an ECG reporting heartbeats. …

“Vision 2020″ a drawing competition that I participated in when I was in 2nd grade. It’s been decades since I won that competition. I remember painting a picture with a boy dreaming about cars, trucks and planes going from Earth to Mars. Well, I wasn’t completely wrong. NASA has already …

The first time ever I faced the audience was way back in 8th grade. I remember enacting as Mr. Bachchan and doing a spoof of Kaun Banega Crorepati. I was nervous, though the audience was only students, it was something big for me.As time passed, I got more opportunities to …