Disclaimer: Sorry for disclaiming right at the start. The actual disclaimer comes next. Disclaimer 2: Reservation, as it is, is a complex issue. While looking for some background information for this piece, I came across a lot of informative and responsible voices both in favour of and against the ‘quota regime’ that put me in further quandary. Eventually, after reading… Read more →
This week we straightaway begin with a joke: Winter in Chennai. For long, friends and relatives — we are here referring to those annoying friends and relatives who have this uncanny knack of thinking what is already a cringe-worthy cheesy line to be a freshly-minted joke —- unfailingly came up with this bit during conversations at gatherings, where the talk… Read more →
Kolkata: In a year of retirements in Indian cricket, one more high-profile name has called time on his illustrious career. Indian cricket fan, Bharath Balaji, who had been part of many losses and some victories of the team over the last 30 years or so, today formally announced that the fourth Test in the ongoing India-England series at Nagpur will… Read more →
The good news is that in about two weeks time the world may end. The bad news is that there is a theoretical possibility of a few surviving it and you being among them. I don’t want to sound alarmist here, but the fact is that another person who has the same statistical probability to escape the end of the… Read more →
To all those young parents looking for suggestions on which school to choose for their children, I have one simple advice, opt for the school that doesn’t conduct Annual Day functions. You parents should not mind even if the school doesn’t have proper classes and teachers. In the long run, you will realise that it is a small price to… Read more →
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