Archive for December, 2012

Jumping Heights: A Leap of Faith at Rishikesh.

Jumping Heights: A Leap of Faith at Rishikesh.

‘’ It’s a life changing experience. You will not feel the same way about yourself after it’’, their voices ring in my ears as I rock softly in the evening train to Rishikesh. No I am not going for a dip at the Ganga and the accompanying mumbo jumbo. Though for over a millennia ‘life-change’ seekers have taken the same journey to flock to the ghats of his ancient holy town.


Khushwant Singh: The Man Who Taught me the Importance of Replying

Khushwant Singh: The Man Who Taught me the Importance of Replying

It can get really exasperating to reply to people who mistake you for someone else. But reply I do.

One cannot write enough how ill-mannered we Indians generally are. Not replying back is not only a lack of good manners but is also rude and arrogant. Khushwant Singh was a man with impeccable manners. Today every crazy email I want to trash, I think of the good old Singh, sitting at his desk replying to every silly letter he received.


Why All Atheists are Religious Fanatics.

Why All Atheists are Religious Fanatics.

The fact is there is little to put the person who genuflects before a God in Heaven apart from the one who bows before a country. Both are worshipper of an abstract idea. In one case the idea is enforced by the priests and in the other its promulgated by the politicians.