The trapped miners have finally been freed! Unless you have been living under a rock (do excuse the pun), pretty much the whole of India has been following the story of the miners trapped in Uttarakhand – 41 men at the mercy of a mountain. American equipment failed, and it finally took a banned (manual …
Ok, I lost the challenge. From the past few years, the Dubai Fitness Challenge has been the key to kickstarting my winter training schedule. Me and my team have been participating in this initiative and having a small internal competition of our own, to inspire fitness among ourselves. I usually win because of my consistency …
पूर्वं तावद् अहं मूर्खो द्वितीयः पशु-बन्धकः ।ततो राजा च मन्त्री च सर्वं वै मूर्ख-मण्डलम् ॥ २१६ ॥ pūrvaṃ tāvad ahaṃ mūrkho dvitīyaḥ paśu-bandhakaḥ |tato rājā ca mantrī ca sarvaṃ vai mūrkha-maṇḍalam || 216 || Firstly, I am a fool. The second fool is the one with the snare. The king and his ministers are also fools, and …
Today, I just feel thankful. It was a very productive day, and by the time it was 6, I had completed whatever I had set out to do, and more. But instead of the usual flush of excitement, I felt a calming feeling of thankfulness. Thankfulness. A feeling that we usually get after a crisis …
We had (one more) team lunch today. A double treat – one of our staff bought a car and the second – well I am still not clear why she gave a treat but I ain’t complaining – the food was delicious – or should I say delish – as the lingo goes nowadays. The …
Far from the madding crowd… from the atmosphere of pretentious interaction of cold handshakes and superficial exchanges… from places that are too boring to frequent and people who cannot hold a conversation of intelligence… from companies that do too much to appear cool while employees struggle to make ends meet at home… from events that …
Today we twinned, Rohaamrta and me. In red. He seemed content, and well, so was I! Children grow up so fast that you scramble to collect as many memories as you can on the way. From the cradling days, to the babbling days, to the crawling days and now the walking and twinning days. Soon …
Why do dining chairs have such delicate darling legs nowadays? We are on the lookout for a few pieces of furniture so have been doing the virtual rounds across stores and one thing is common – the thin legs of the dining chairs. Almost if the collective BMI of the Dubai populace has reduced multiple …
Spoke with a lot of people today and there is a consensus – while all were (of course) disappointed at the outcome of the finals on Sunday, there was no blaming the team – they dominated throughout the tournament and gave us many a reason to cheer. One match would not necessarily change that. Heartwarming, …
This time, cricket is the winner:( As I write this, the Indian team is at the brink of defeat. An unbeaten streak throughout the World Cup comes to an end, and a billion hearts are broken…for a couple of days. For life moves on….bills have to be paid, families are to be taken care of, …
