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Pontifications on Auntification

Posted by Suchismita Srinivas
/ May 3, 2012 / 4 Comments

Ok… I have swept this topic under the carpet for long enough now. It is time I outed it. Friends, sisters, countrywomen, it is time to protest against a grave injustice being done to us. I am talking about that serious threat to the well being of urban Indian women...

Posted in Editor's picks, Gender, Personal

Tagged age, Aunty, humour, Midlife crisis, suchismita srinivas, urban
Hear, Listen, Comprehend

Posted by V.Desikan
/ April 20, 2012 / 1 Comment

“Three old ladies met on the street on a very stormy day. The wind was so strong and loud that they had difficulty in hearing each other. “It”s windy,” said one. “No, it”s Thursday,” said the next. “So am I,” said the third. “Let”s go and have a drink!” Of...

Posted in Health, Personal

Tagged desikan, hearing, memory, relationship, understanding
To cut a long story short…

Posted by Prashaanth Menon
/ April 18, 2012 / Leave a comment

This is going to be a long story. It all started when I received this phone call in the morning. Hearing the sweet voice, which I immediately recognised, I was over the moon. I would call her Vineetha. We agreed to meet in the evening. A few hours later, we...

Posted in Gender, Personal

Tagged love, marriage, relationship
Street of dreams

Posted by Rajiv Desai
/ April 14, 2012 / Leave a comment

On a recent swing through Bombay, I came face-to-face with my past. First, on the way to the St Xavier’s College campus to meet an old friend, I passed the Raj Mahal restaurant on Kalbadevi Road. My mother took me there one day in 1956, June 8, when I was...

Posted in Personal, Travel/tourism

Tagged america, bombay, juhu beach, mumbai, tony brent
Honest steps, over 5500 km

Posted by Sravanthi Ponnekanti
/ April 9, 2012 / 1 Comment

Running 101 temperature, bad throat and an utterly confused mind. This was me the night before I started for Surat to join the walk. A walk that reached Gujarat after having covered over 3000 km of the entire 5500 km distance from Kanyakumari to Delhi. Defying the conventional fears of...

Posted in Personal, Tamil Nadu

Tagged bribe, corruption, honesty, india, kanyakumari, mujeeb, shravanti, surat
Newlyweds

Posted by Maria Francis
/ April 5, 2012 / 1 Comment

He watched his new bride fold the laundry. Including handkerchiefs. Just like his mother. They were so alike. It was an embarrassing thought. Did men really end up marrying their mothers? He tried to dismiss the thought. “What do you love about me?” he asked. She smiled and said “You...

Posted in Personal

Tagged father, husband, mother, , wedding, wife, writing
Carry on Doctor

Posted by Lakshminarayanan Ravichander
/ April 1, 2012 / Leave a comment

When you turn 57 and move towards the next day, a system that performed well all these years can begin to send signals. The wild and the adventurous overlook a calendar at their own risk. All machines have a lifetime. Some stand by their warranty, some outlast, some succumb. So...

Posted in Health, Hyderabad, Personal

Tagged corporate, hospital, nursing home
Bombay Journal

Posted by Rajiv Desai
/ March 30, 2012 / Leave a comment

Deja Vu All Over Again… Three friends, 45 years later, sit in a palatial Khar apartment in this siren city, enjoying the cocktail hour. Dinner is a couple of hours away. This is the first time that I can remember that Yogi, Mirchi and I have sat together since our...

Posted in Personal

Tagged baroda, bombay, Friendship, ms university, nostalgia
Gurur Sakshaat Parabrahma

Posted by V.Desikan
/ March 29, 2012 / 1 Comment

During the 80s, I first heard Dr. Mashelkar, when he had come to our establishment to deliver the keynote address for one of our DRDO symposiums. I was greatly impressed by the power of his speech. I found him to be an eternal optimist and his speech caressed me like...

Posted in Education, Personal

Tagged desikan, mashelkar, olympics, teacher, vajpayee
Thrilling moments

Posted by Rangarajan Varadarajan
/ March 25, 2012 / 1 Comment

All of us go through the inevitable ups and downs in our lives. We have our happiest moments, saddest moments, and memorable moments. When someone asks you about the thrilling moments of your life, what would be your response? Is a thrilling moment any way different from a memorable or...

Posted in Personal

Tagged grandparents, home, parenting, study, table