Author: charukesi

Following my poser on the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi and his life in today’s times, Prayatna has this interesting article. He quotes Ramachandra Guha from the latter’s speech on the multiple careers of Mahatma Gandhi Very interesting…..

Is India Shining, asks Rediff. Do you think the ‘feel good’ factor sweeping India is more imaginary than real? I don’t know if India is shining…… but when was the last time we even dared to talk about ‘feel good’…… What do you think, is India shining?

An aunt of mine working with a public sector bank was moaning yesterday about what she called the erosion of values in today’s times. Yesterday was Martyr’s Day, the day Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead. And it is customary to observe two minutes of silence at about 11 in the morning, as a mark of… Continue reading You want values?

Bombay never ceases to amaze me….. the unparalleled zest for life, energy, discipline, friendliness and business acumen….. Been here for only four days now, but feel so completely at home…… Feels good to be back in Bombay…..

In a poignant account, Jo Becker writes in The Asian Wall Street Journal about the plight of the child soldiers of Burma. The report says that Burmese child-soldiers account for approximately one-fourth of the 300,000 children currently believed to be participating in armed conflicts around the globe. These children, as young as 11 years old,… Continue reading ‘A Gun As Tall As Me’

Can the news genre support more channels? In an already crowded space with ZEE News, STAR News, Aaj Tak, Sahara Samay National, DD News and NDTV India, is there place for more ? Agencyfaqs says that the Adhikari Brothers, promoters of SAB channel have announced plans for a new currents affairs and news channel by… Continue reading More news channels?

A friend once said, after death and divorce, moving house must the most traumatic human experience….. I have no experience with the first two, but I can say for sure about the third item on this trauma list…. moving is painful…. especially moving to another city…. And it’s already time to leave Bangalore…. And head… Continue reading Moving time….

Just finished reading Delhi by Khushwant Singh (I cannot stand Khushwant Singh and do not like Delhi, so why did I even bother?) Discounting Singh’s sex fetish that pervades the narration, the book is an excellent treatise on the psyche of Delhi, the city. As it has been through the ages. As it is today.… Continue reading Delhi through the centuries

Pongal is just around the corner. And like all other festivals, it is nostalgia time for me. My mind goes back to my childhood, a time when every festival had its own significance for me….. and was eagerly awaited… if it was not crackers, then it was the sweets….. it was the family lunches, the… Continue reading Festival time, folks!

I was wrong about the Infosys money (money is still deducted from Infy employees’ salaries every month, but it goes towards the Infosys Welfare Fund – whatever it is – and not the Infosys Foundation as I had heard earlier. It is still a lot of money but does not concern me here. So I… Continue reading Correction