You win
every argument
every skrimish
each quarrel
all the battles
And you LOSE the war

 Still seeking
Still searching
Still roaming
Still perfecting
But not still

 When the elections were held in AP in April-May not many - barring the NDTV - had predicted such a landslide victory for the Congress and YS Rajashekhara Reddy.  Nor for that matter none expected that in less than four months there'd be a succession battle in AP - following the death of YSR.  Obviously the supporters of YSR - in the throes of ( Read more... )

 I’m absolutely irritated when my alarm goes off in the morning thanks to late night surfing.  The flight to Jammu is at 11:30.  Not wanting to be late I reluctantly get out of the bed.  More problem in the offing as I find neither the water heater nor the hot water tap working in the bathroom.  It takes multiple phone calls and a bit of screaming ( Read more... )

 16 August 2009.

My last day before I start for Jammu.  Hectic is an understatement.  Hair colour (I wanted to colour mine brown much to the outrage of BS and JS, who also were forced to join in), a new restaurant for breakfast (Mayyas in Jayanagar, a flop show as we couldn’t find place among the crowd), meet SB, a senior officer and JS’s ( Read more... )

 PROLOGUE

Bolt from the Delhi Skies

Mid-July.  My colleague PU called up from Delhi to announce my impending transfer.  It hit harder than Usain Bolt’s record possibly.  “You know you are being posted to Jammu.  The orders might reach you any moment from now” he announced.  I was too dazed to react.  He went on to say a lot more things ( Read more... )

 The King is dead.  The King of Pop that is.  None perhaps had dreamt during his heyday that MJ would die the way he did - embattled and embittered.  Least of all Michael Jackson himself. 
 The man arguably created some of the best music the pop world has ever seen.  His work also saw him catapulted to stardom that wasn’t probably heard ever ( Read more... )

 About to finish half of 2009 in another fortnight and I'm for a change not exactly cribbing about how the year has gone by.  Especially since I had not particularly thought of any resolutions that I wanted to keep.  :)

I'm thinking if I should update (for keeps) how the first half was for me, what I did and accomplished, read, heard, saw.  And, ( Read more... )

Expectation turns to trepidation
The prospect of presents
Doesn't excite either
The eyes squint to see more lines
Only to cause further furrows.
"Party!" I hear the screams
"NO!" I scream within
Petrified by not  the hangover
But the clock thats ticking by
Announcing my entry into the New Decade

 .. with the turnout in elections - particularly in the Urban Areas across the country ( Read more... )