Not long ago we had to wait for autos, and more often than not we got into an altercation with the autowallas for either denying to ply or overcharging. And within a few years, we’ve had a bunch of taxi hailing apps that have changed the public transportation ecosystem in …
Read More »Sakshi makes India proud at Rio 2016 – wins Bronze
India’s run at the Rio 2016 games haven’t been good so far as most of the medal hopefuls were out of the competition. Be it the flag bearer Abhinav Bindra who missed by a whisker or the tennis duo of Leander Paes and Bopanna who lost miserably, nothing has gone …
Read More »What if ‘Gandhi’ was refashioned in 2016 ?
With Independence day around the corner, you will see Indian flags crop up in every nook and corner of the city. From grocery stores and hypermarkets to traffic Signals and footpaths, it’s that time of the year when the entire city is painted in saffron white and green. For movie buffs and couch …
Read More »Double Fault at Rio 2016
Sania Mirza, Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna, these are some of the most popular faces of Indian Tennis. Mirza and Paes are winners of some of the prestigious Grand Slam events of the sport. Sania Mirza is at her lethal best alongside Martina Hingis. “Santina” are a terror on the court …
Read More »Mysore Diaries: The Royal Mysore Palace
Continuing from where I left my last post at the spectacular St. Philomena Church, it was time to visit the most popular tourist attraction in Mysore – The Mysore Palace. Most of the websites, travel portal will list Mysore Palace as the number one attraction in Mysore and that’s where …
Read More »Mysore Diaries: Spectacular St Philomena Church
After spending some great time at the Rail Museum in my previous post in Mysore Diaries, it was time to say good bye to the Rail Museum and say Hello to the magnificent St. Philomena’s Church. The church is one of the popular attractions in the city and there are …
Read More »Mysore Diaries: Visit to the Rail Museum
As children we all enjoyed traveling on a train. Be it going on a vacation or visiting grandparents, we always looked forward to the exciting and long journey. Back then, nothing was more merrier than seeing the engine of our own train and crossing two compartments seemed a herculean task. …
Read More »Things we need to learn from Super 30
As I’m writing this post, far away in Chandpur Bela in Patna, Bihar a group of young guys are busy dancing and distributing sweets to everyone. People are hysterical and why not, these young guys have cracked one of the most toughest exams held in India – the IIT JEE Advanced. …
Read More »Bullet Train: Do we actually need it ?
It’s the second anniversary of the Modi Led BJP government and we have seen a lot of hits and misses in the last 2 years. From fuel prices, foreign travels, degree issues, nationalism problems and what not, we have seen everything. Out of the long list of promises made by …
Read More »Where is our Education System heading ?
It wasn’t long ago that people like me were busy preparing for the board exams during our class X and XII years. Much before our parents had the board exams even in class 8th ! And today most kids give just one board exam that is the class XII, as …
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