Life
To Ban or Not To Ban: Did Penguin do right by recalling Wendy Doniger’s book?
To ban or not to ban? An article which advocates both sides. While I decided to go against the ban. "Why Penguin withdrawing copies of Wendy Doniger’s book cannot be treated as an isolated incident is mirrored in the innumerable books banned by the Indian...
My UKIERI experience-Why dreams need wings of knowledge?
It was last year in September that we had a chance to host a group of students as a part of United Kingdom India Education and Research Initiative. And on behalf of Tata Motors Lucknow, I was one of the employees assigned to mentor the group during their tenure with...
My earliest memory
Yes it is true. Before you come to know from somebody else I will accept it outright. I have an elephant's memory. In the last few years I have started to resemble one too, but that is of course besides the point. I will start running next monday. (yet again :D) And...
Sirens Spell Danger- A Review
I am forever in the middle of a book. I was finishing Brave New World by Huxley, when a reading challenge came up. It demanded me that I read one of Murakami's, I quickly ordered The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. And right before that arrived, I was sent Sirens Spell...
A year round up post!
2013. Yes you have been a good guy for a change. A lot of downs quickly followed by many ups. Of course like all things in life I took time to put two and two together. But eventually almost every single event started to seem one better than the last one. I kicked off...