Dear friends. You will recall that I had mentioned something about a Yamunotri trip in an earlier (as Bertie Wooster would call it), piece and which can be read here. Am sure you all must be panting for the full episode. Well I always aim to please, so here is…
Month: August 2023
Onsens – Really Embarrassing, Really Great Fun
Let me tell you about my Onsen experience (funny only in hindsight). The Navy in its magnanimity, decided to depute me to the National Institute of Defence Studies, Tokyo for some higher studies in 2008. Japan of course is an amazing country, neat to a fault, its citizens courteous to…
Everyday Life Comedy – Beware! Toilet Breaks can be Disastrous
This tale is about a Train travel gone wrong. Heard about the guy who needed a toilet break? It so happened that our man, with wife and kids in tow, took a train to Bhopal. Got off at Bhopal station feeling a bit stuffed in the lower regions of the…
Humour in Uniform. Want to Avoid Peril? Go for a Movie! Else Build Character!
Please allow me to hark back to my training days at the National Defence Academy. The Academy, in its attempt to lighten our days full of rigorous training, screened two movies a week. This post relates to one such day during my second term wherein skipping a movie resulted in…
Military Humour – Gosh! I Hate Exercise
I came across an article by a Harvard Professor recently, which stated that human beings have not evolved to exercise. I am sure he would have put in years of diligent research to come to this conclusion, so who am I to disagree. As a matter of fact I agree…
Who are the Greatest Philosophers? Thoughtful Life Reflections
Humans are always on an eternal quest, seeking meaning in life. Many eminent thinkers have attempted to find this very meaning over the ages. Socrates, Plato, Russel, Kant or closer home Jiddu, Shankaracharya, Nazrul; all have tried to give us purpose. I’ve always wondered what these thinkers did for a…
Everybody in Hyderabad is a Nizam – Desi Lifestyle Stories
Hyderabad is a great city. Unlike say the more robust citizens of saddi Dilli, Hyderabadis never befuddle you by questioning you about their parentage – ‘tu janta hai mera baap kaun hai’. Plus life is slightly less rushed than say in our maximum city, Mumbai and eating out is more…