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Why do we like children? I like kids because they are cute. First of all. But the larger reason is that they are so upfront about m...

I hope you guys are noticing some of the advertisements that Google has been throwing off-late at my blog. Flirting and Teasing Ti...

They were in love Oh, it was anguish It was candlelight It was music and heady perfume And traveling for two hours just to s...

I am glad I got the chance to work with a woman. There is this notion one has about women bosses. They tend to go overboard in their zeal ...

Shanghai. It looked just like Gurgaon at first glance. The ride from the airport to downtown was marked by a feeling of deep satisfaction a...

They can't pronounce my name here. That pleases me. Makes me feel exotic. On another note, need to get better shoes.

Met an old friend today. It’s that time of the year when west-gone birds come home to roost - for a bit, what with Christmas vacations and...

I met a woman the other day. And asked her about her favorite ads on television as a way to get some more ‘insight’ into what she was all ...

First Love - Is something else A shrine to an innocent self First Love - Which when comes your way again ...

Dev D is the perfect movie. A coming together of people bursting with the juice. The music oozes passion. Not only does it not st...

It struck me today that I am a boss-person. I get inspired by people around, maybe more than the work. My room is a mess. There are things l...

It stares me in the eye Like a sarkari office peon certain of my imbecility I turn away Chewing on my lower-lip in concentration This quest...

I have discovered that when you boycott something, or proclaim disdain for it publicly, it is actually because you like it more than you car...

A friend recently, while narrating his trysts with the good ol’ arranged-marriage-beast, ended with - I like a little bit of passion, ener...

You know you are in Kanpur when 1. You go to a mall, the city’s best and biggest, itching to spend some money and the only stuff you find to...

Today I got some dope on bee-keeping. It is quite a profitable business apparently. What got me thinking and I am wondering why I haven’t th...

You like the wistfulness Of blurred memories They are like sweet nectar To your rotten soul You plant the seeds Of fear in my belly Fear of ...

I am seeing a lot of unconventional advertising nowadays. Maybe because I have started noticing more, or maybe because the agencies are gett...

I met a couple of NGOs today. It’s fascinating how the system works. There are innumerable such people who start these NGOs. Say, one is nam...

I was in Pondicherry last week and am in Kanpur now. Every day, I go to a couple of villages and see how rural sales happen. More importantl...