This week I was invited to be the judge at a creative writing contest, doubtless based on my credentials built over the last one-and-a-half decades as a dad. The thing is the school which had organised this competition is where my daughter is studying. Otherwise I have less chance of being at a creative writing event than Maria Sharapova heading… Read more →
The three news items that I woke up to in today’s paper were: ‘Students clueless as UGC-DU logjam over FYUP continues’. ‘Engineering admission counseling put on hold after SC directive’. ‘HC sets aside appointment of Madurai Kamaraj University VC’. After reading the reports, my reaction, as a sensitive and empathy-filled individual, was one of extreme happiness. Happiness at the fact… Read more →
The UPA, over the last 10 years it was in the saddle, made a complete mess of almost everything it touched. And now that the Modi government is in, it has wisely and correctly read the mandate it has got to be one for avoiding the problems that the previously dispensation created, and hence is steadfastly working towards creating totally… Read more →
Without doubt football is the most popular sport in the world and it triggers emotions like no other. For instance, Honduras and El Salvador went to battle over the result of a World Cup encounter. This simple incident proved to the rest of the world the existence of the two nations that nobody knew about till then. The power of… Read more →
In this season of placements, this week’s column looks at what it takes to land yourself a job and what are the qualities to survive in the corporate world. And without much ado, we begin with the first question that you as a person applying for a fresh job must naturally ask: Why am I reading a humour column and… Read more →
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