Eternity is a long long time. And I could feel my temporal resolve weakening as I waited for her response on the Facebook.

It is surprising how life can obsessively revolve around waiting for a single response on the Facebook. My Blackberry had the account, the office computer had the site opened and minimized as also the PC at home. Every moment ( Read more... )

The Facebook account had been freshly made and a smiling face overshadowed the iconic architecture in the background. My long wait of 31536000 seconds had been finally rewarded. Obviously, she was alive and well and once again had access to the internet. ‘ Howz life treating you?’ I quickly typed a message to commence the  second phase of my ( Read more... )

I am mortally scared of delusional intellects who root for the good of mankind! The pages of history are soaked with the blood of people who have been slaughtered, maimed and tortured at the altar of the super ego of great people who claimed to be working for the larger interest of mankind. The world today is comparatively civilised place; which is ( Read more... )

 Thanks to globalization, the Indian lifestyle has become a curious blend of the occident and the orient. And one frequently encounters situations of mirth and merriment arising out of this curious mix. I came across one such incident today.

I had gone to the local D Mart with my wife to shop for the monthly groceries.  Inside the hypermarket, I ( Read more... )

Much has been written and debated about the current crop of Indian TV Reality shows. The general opinion seems to be on the negative side. I daresay that those of us who do take vicarious, voyeuristic pleasures watching such shows are disinclined to come out in the open and support it. The multifarious arguments against the shows include stuff like ( Read more... )

As explained in my earlier blog, the launch of INS Arihant completes the much needed third leg of our nuclear triad. The indigenous nuke has taken 25 years to build and is expected to be operational by 2011. The indigenous 7500km range SLBM is expected to be ready at around the same time. (Incidentally, the more discerning TV audience may have ( Read more... )

Defense has recently been in news for various reasons. And we have experts on TV spewing out a host of esoteric jargons at the unarmed and defenseless viewers! After being interrupted for the umpteenth time by my daughter asking me about a term being used on the TV, I decided that I must make a humble effort to defuse the confusion and ‘de ( Read more... )

I have stopped watching the entertainment channels on the TV. The news channel provides all the ingredients of a blockbuster - violence, corruption, scandal and sex. The only difference is that, unlike the Hindi films, in real life there seems to an absence of that idealistic hero who sets everything right by the end of the movie.

Today’s newscast ( Read more... )

There are two primary stereotypes of armed forces officers created by Bollywood in the minds of the general populace. The first is that of the dashing hero who dances and sings in the Regimental Mess, gets the heroine, goes and lays down his life fighting the enemy leaving a grieving but proud widow behind. The second stereotype is that of an ( Read more... )

As a human being, I hold multiple identities simultaneously. I am a retired naval officer, an out of work executive, a henpecked husband and a doting father. I am from X course of NDA, Y Squadron and belong to Nagpur etc etc. I can think of numerous affiliations to derive my specific identity BUT all my roles and identities are subservient to a ( Read more... )