Month: September 2020

This evening, I was in my car on my way back from Lulu Mall. When I reached a junction there was a traffic block in front of me, everybody blowing their horns and people shouting at something. I even thought it might be an accident, then I saw that it wasn’t. I saw that a…

Recently I saw a video of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, our former president, “The Missile Man.” In that video, he was talking about the experience he had during the launch of the SLV-3 (satellite launch vehicle) in 1979. They had an experimental launch and he was the mission director. His mission was to put the…

This happened while I was studying at an entrance coaching centre in Thrissur, Kerala, when I was in the 12th standard. I thought that if I paid less attention to the 12th schoolwork and prepared well for the entrance I could get through. After a couple of weeks of classes, I realized that it wasn’t…

I happen to travel a lot for work and usually, if I feel comfortable in a particular hotel in a city I try to stay at the same place again. So in every city, in every hotel I stay at, I am quite familiar with the manager, waiters, room boys and staff. There’s a hotel…

The land of Madurai in Tamil Nadu is rich in its great history, tradition, and valour in war. I used to live in a village called Kaliyarkoil for a while which used to be a part of the former province of Madurai. Many stories of that land have touched me deeply. One such story is…

When we were very young our elders kept a check on us, they kept us under careful observation wherever we were, even if we were playing. Our parents or grandparents or another elder often looked in on us to know or see what we were doing. Of course, at that point in time, I often…

Some things, we don’t forget them. When I was in college I had a notebook for Data Structures, and there was a quote on the notebook cover that said “Today is the Sum Of all Yesterdays.” I personally loved that quote, and even after that semester, I used to write it down in all of…

I recently read a book called “The Art of Asking” by Amanda Palmer, an American musician. She attained glory on the front lines of the music industry through her determination and passion. In this book, she reveals a simple but magical tool she has applied throughout her journey, which is the art of asking. She…

A couple of years back I was travelling in an Uber in Bangalore. Just before I was about to reach my destination, I said to my driver, “Bro, you speak really good English.” He had a great command over English, I appreciated him. He said, “Yes, sir, I happened to study in the top school…

I happened to watch a movie called “Unbroken” yesterday, the true story of an American Air Force officer named ‎Louis Zamperini that takes place during World War II. He was a part of a bomber squad whose aircraft crashes in the Pacific Ocean. He floats on a raft, with no food, nothing, manages to catch…