2016-03-04 06:20
There are many people who feel for the oppressed, but there are a few who go out and stand for the oppressed. The ones who really work for the oppressed will never make noise, because there… Read More
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The author of this blog is a 30 year-old Mumbai, India-based journalist. He pens his works of short-fiction here. The write-ups here have nothing to do with his professional work and he doesn't represent the views of his employer. This place is purely personal and fictional.
2015-02-06 14:48
Is Arnab Goswami the next Amitabh Bachhan? It was a quiet February afternoon in central Mumbai's financial hub Lower Parel. Executives from hundreds of companies, mostly in the banking and f… Read More
2014-09-09 13:53
(Bandra-Worli Sealink, picture courtesy DNA newspaper) It is a tale of two cities Two cities that breathe different air, two cities that sleep at different hours One city has dreamers, the o… Read More
2013-06-22 09:37
Mountains and rivers are grand and mysterious.They are silent with humility and trust.Gigantic power they hold underneath.In winter and rains they stay sensitive.They are not to be messed wi… Read More
2013-04-21 11:53
Five months ago I was working as a senior editorial member at a large media group, responsible for their fixed income and Reserve Bank of India coverage in Mumbai. One winter afternoon, when… Read More
2012-10-27 19:14
We can be the finest of individuals ourselves, but live in a world which resists phenotypes. Too bad when we don’t find enough sensitive people to look at the world’s problems… Read More
2011-12-07 13:49
Random, strange fiction is what I desire to write the most, but the more I read from the world of books, I find almost nothing is left uncovered, unexplored. There are reams of paper filled… Read More
2011-04-02 21:36
In the past decade or so I had lost that passion for Cricket. Though statistically I read a lot and love to discuss cricket at social gathering it never entered into the intimate corners of… Read More
2011-03-24 14:47
Almost twenty-months ago I met a brave Sardarni who taught me something about honour, I never thought of telling her story till I met her again, today. The event goes back to a July monsoon… Read More
2011-01-26 19:00
I was alone and was going through a phase of ideological crisis in life. And it is widely know when you are exhausted in a mega-city battle; the heart craves for small town social ideologies… Read More
2010-11-25 19:22
Two years ago I survived an attack on my life at Leopold Cafe. Within a span of three days I discovered the finest people in my life and an angel. Saw humanity, friendship and hope in action… Read More
2010-10-20 19:43
2010-10-20 19:24
When I was in school, college I would read of this man as the father of green revolution. And he was as important as Mahatma to me. And one day in July, 2006, I of all my wildest dreams, got… Read More
2010-10-18 19:12
Today was like a good old Monday, when you plan for the week and get every story you wanted on day one. There was no blue feeling about the day. It was all bright and cheerful. Your sources… Read More
2010-10-14 19:15
(Continued from the Heavenly Road to Doditaal)The illumination was complementing the rhythmical sound of hundreds of rivulets and rainy season streams flowing in the near and distant mountai… Read More
2010-10-14 16:25
I think I am a traveller of simpler means and presumably tougher destinations. Though it is difficult to make simpler means match tougher locales I do try, nevertheless. The Himalayas remain… Read More
2010-10-02 12:11
Mr Roy was not a journalist, he was the journalist. Mumbai media world swore by his news gathering capabilities. He was bespectacled not for an eye disorder, but to spot news from a distance… Read More
2010-08-11 08:50
In India only rats enjoy the luxury of food security despite inflation and perceived food shortage. It seems authorities had taken a secrete pledge decades ago to ensure food security at any… Read More
2010-08-04 19:53
Besotted with Claude Monet's impressionist art I started doing some of my own version. This one is based on Monet's 'Bridge at Giverny' but my feeling for the work is derived from a bridge a… Read More
2010-07-09 08:00
Mr Roy is dejected and a feeling of helplessness has taken over his luminous personality. His glowing eyes are pale; teeth needs an immediate polishing session at Dr Prashant Rao Bhatodekar… Read More
2010-07-05 05:01
He is the most popular creature in Mumbai’s media world. He’s like the superhero of journalism roaming incognito in the streets of India’s financial capital. He’s got… Read More
2010-06-29 19:30
The football fever is on across the world. Like many Indians I feel and act confused by the utter ignorance about the game, the trends, the players and the buzz around. I am well present on… Read More
2010-06-14 19:18
(Magh mela Dec-Jan, Circa 1888 (Courtesy Allahabad University Library)Quaint...the only word that comes to my mind whenever I think about the city of Allahabad. The city is populous yet sile… Read More
2010-05-31 19:07
My first brush with computers was in Allahabad, during the first year of my graduation in the late 90s. The exposure to a giant, greasy pale yellow machine at that time seemed to be a deligh… Read More
2010-05-20 09:44
Monsoon rain is the key word today. Not only the farmers for whom it is the lifeline, but almost every individual across villages, cities, chawls, skyscrapers, schools and Parliament talk ab… Read More
2010-04-28 20:36
Once upon a time there were two individuals one named Yes, and the other named Think. They both lived in a place called a Village, but had little in common. Yes was disciplined, almost culti… Read More
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