Several quotes like Mountains are calling and I must go, the mountains are my happy place, where I feel most alive, Adventure awaits the mountains, There is no Wi-Fi in the mountains, but you will find a better connection etc are often quoted to inspire the self to explore places located amidst mountains. Many a … Continue reading Dhanaulti: A Perfect Weekend Gateway
An Evening without Cell Phone
Fed up with the prolonged use of ‘screens’ in this digital world, Samarth decided to spend a few hours without scrolling the cell phone. Having decided to cut down its use, he spent enough money converting the online materials into hardcopy. Now, someone will say that I am wasting paper. Yeah, it's true but in … Continue reading An Evening without Cell Phone
Play review: 12 Angry Men
Sri Ram Theatre, Delhi Playwright: Reginald Rose (1954) Genre: American Courtroom Drama, Crime Language in which it is written initially: English Stage Adaptation: Sri Ram Theatre (Hindi). Also available in other languages. Ticket Cost: 200/- + gst Screen Adaptation: First as a Television play, then a stage version by Sherman L. Sergel. Later into movies. … Continue reading Play review: 12 Angry Men
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (translation)
In this poem, I'll attempt the translation of a stanza of the poem J. Alfred Prufrock by TS Eliot. "Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights … Continue reading The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (translation)
Book review: Blades on Flowers
Before reviewing this book, I'll take some time and space to describe how I came across this book! It happened to me for the first time when I ordered a book from amazon and another book got delivered instead. Usually, we place a return request as soon as we unwrap it if the product isn't … Continue reading Book review: Blades on Flowers
Unemployed
In this post, I'll attempt the translation of a Hindi poem 'Berozgar' by Devi Prasad Misra into English! बेरोजगार यह सवाल उसे शर्मिंदा कर देता हैकि वह क्या कर रहा आजकल वह डकैती नही डालतावह तस्करी नही करतावह हत्याएं नही करतावह फरेबी वादे नही करता वह सिर्फ वोट डालता हैवह देश नही चलाता फिर भी … Continue reading Unemployed
The 10 and 11 am Race
"Life is a race" Isn't it an oft-quoted line whether in life or while watching '3 idiots'? This race of life, for life and by life can be viewed the best at the interchange of two metro stations when you're in Delhi or Kolkata, or in the local trains of Mumbai, the weekly street market … Continue reading The 10 and 11 am Race
Will You Write My Story?
"Sharing enables us to feel light. Isn't it? However, there is a great deal in choosing the right people to go cosy with. Most of the time, we suffocate by keeping the things plaguing us to ourselves, in absence of trust or incorrect advice from the people around us. In that case, have you ever … Continue reading Will You Write My Story?
Grandfather: A paradigm of life
A room, a bit untidy in one corner of the house. The rest part of the house can be modern except this room. A part of cemented shelves have been occupied by medicines, multiple tonics to supplement additional vitamins, syrups, and tablets- both homoeopathic and allopathic to cure the disease which has an affinity to … Continue reading Grandfather: A paradigm of life
Book review “The Tiger of Drass”
Author: Meena Nayyar and Himmat Singh Shekhawat Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: Non-fiction/Biography Pages: 179 Narrative: Third-person narrative Price: 194/-(amazon). I got it for 149/- on offer. The story of how I came to know about this book is fascinating. On one of my visits to the theatre, the first time at NSD (National School of … Continue reading Book review “The Tiger of Drass”
Pragmatic's Personas 