Annual Letter to the Students

Prague, 02.05.2019 "We all have our times machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams." - H.G. Wells Dear Students, As the calendar changes, I hope that with mirth and laughter you let your old wrinkles come to the year 2020! Like every...

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In the local train journey

"Abiding in the midst of ignorance, thinking themselves wise and learned, fools go aimlessly hither and thither, like blind led by the blind"                           -Katha Upanishad Part 1: He tweets and believes Everyday he...

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And it rained

Part 1:The Office The clock had hit few minutes past six in the evening and she rushed to finish her work so that she could step out early and spend some time by herself. As she was trying to concentrate on her last mile of work, one of her colleague came and asked her as to when was she leaving...

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Tale of the two

"This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To have the stars above, the land to your left and sea to your right and to realise all of a sudden that in your heart, life has accomplished...

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A day in the life

"For the mind is very restless, turbulent, strong and obstinate, O Krishna. It appears to me that it is more difficult to control than the wind." - Bhagavad Geeta (Chapter 6, Verse 34) Part 1: Morning The shabby advertisement in the newspaper jacket reminded him that it was 14th of...

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Musical walks of life

Part 1: Bombay As he left his office at 11pm, the security guard at his office gate gave him a pitiful farewell smile. He was getting used to these smiles from everyone: friends, flatmates, colleagues and at times he (turning into both the watcher and the watched) would also end up giving himself...

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The Strangers

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion"- Albert Camus The Guy  This is a story about a guy who was completely carefree. He was as free as a freebird, no one ever saw him worried and his attitude was truly...

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Of the hills and the seas

Blessed is he, for the hills are his family and the seas are his friends... Hills are his family Unsettled in every city, departing from every gate, it is in the hills he finds his home. Isn't he, the free bird, expected to make a home above all those abysses?  Hills are his bright home,...

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Demonetization Story

Like many others, I was informed of the the demonetization move by Narendra Modi to tackle the black money problem through one of the Whatsapp Groups. Immediately, I checked my wallet and I was relieved that I didn't have a single five hundred or a thousand rupee note. I wouldn't have to go to...

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