The day I became a father
18th June 2022“Amma, Anna,” Mamatha’s screams continued, now occurring every other minute, and the decibel of her screams increased as well. Finally, unable to bear it, my…
BLOGS
A friend in need even when he was dead in deed.
7th June 2022My father-in-law died exactly a month ago. He was eighty-five when he died. My earliest memory of my father-in-law is the first dinner I had…
Mental Myopia
28th April 2022Mental myopia. Once upon a time, there was an eagle in one of the grand old villages of India. It was the only eagle in…
Three wise men
5th April 2022The universe has a way of staging events in your life, often composed and timed within a short period to teach you meanings. Call the…
Dare, but do be aware.
21st March 2022I loved adventures, even slightly dangerous ones. As a teenager, I tried to pinch a hippopotamus, climbing and leaning over the fence at Mysore Zoo,…
Tennis, it is.
7th February 2022Back hand, Ace, Love, drop, winner, unforced error, rally….With such words built into it, is it any wonder writers fall in love with this sport?…
For my man cave, I crave
4th January 2022“Uncle, I know that you have been meditating for more than two decades and often speak about non-duality. But you have a private bar at…
Kudremukh – Splendour of the Sahyadri
11th December 2021Mohan, I know you hate trekking with a group, but I want you to come to Kudremukh with me along with another thirty of us in October
The Best View Comes After the Hardest Trek
2nd November 2021They say, “The Best View Comes After the Hardest Climb, and It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” So take a high-altitude trek at least once in your life.
Hampi: The land of ruined temples
21st October 2021Hampi is the Pride of my home state Karnataka and a world heritage site. Hampi was so prosperous under the Vijaynagar empire that Italian and Persian traders placed it a couple of notches above medieval Rome.
