Poha: The momo for the mornings
I begin writing this perched on the top berth in a sleeper coach of a train that has a long halt at Ujjain Railway Station. Ujjain is an ancient town…Continue Reading →
Watch: Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Maino’s wedding video
Whenever I have a little time on my hand (which is actually very little these days), I like to browse…
AAP’s Delhi sweep – the unofficial Google doodle
While it is true that Delhi does get more attention than it actually deserves, but then many astounding things happen…
Congress Ka Haath, Aam Aadmi Ke Saath. Indeed.
“Don’t underestimate the power of a common man” How Congress’ 2004 Lok Sabha elections campaign slogan turned true in Delhi 2013.Continue Reading →
206-year-old hand-drawn map of Delhi from 1807
This is my tenth year in the capital of India and many parts of the city has changed beyond recognition…
To whomsoever it concerns, knows
There are those who lech at women in public and also express anger over rape and molestation incidents online. I…
When @MasalaBai got @PoojaB1972’s goat
Work for me is fun, more so with colleagues like @MasalaBai (Rituparna Chatterjee) around. So today following the news of the blast in an Israeli embassy car in Delhi when…Continue Reading →
The religion of noise
Peeved with the constant noise blaring from the loudspeakers in the kanvaria vehicles passing through the highway close to my…
The Topless Beauty and the Beasts
For obvious reasons this statue was quite popular with men (and also some women) at Surajkund Fair this year. Men…
Join IPL – Institute of Political Leadership
Delhi is a city of interesting abbreviations. CID isn’t necessarily Crime Investigation Department, it can also be expanded to Crime Immunisation Dias (whatever that means, the worth lies not in…Continue Reading →
Caught on Cam: Drunken Holi Brawl
Drunken fights are fun to watch (the kind where things don’t take a serious turn). More so when you have…
When Indra Came Down Upon the Comic Con
On the second day of the first ever Indian Comic Con, the heavens opened up, complete with a minor storm…
