Luxury. This must be it. Clean linen, heavy mattresses both tough and soft. Paintings wasted on assuming guests. A bowl of fruits, untouched, unsavored and healthy on the outside. Hairdrier, kettle, shaving mirror. Private swimming pool. Everything was neat and clean, but she never felt it. Kajal never found true luxury. True luxury was getting […]

LIKE the Mahatma Gandhi dreamed of British free India, J.P Narayan also dreamed of corrupted congress free India. Interestingly, Mahatma Gandhi after making India free in 1947 died in 1948 without seeing that his own people from congress are looting India. Similarly, J.P Narayan after toppling congress in 1977 died in 1979 without seeing that […]

Like every other child in the school, this guy too walked into the school,but he stood different from others. There may be many reasons cropping up in your mind and some of them may be he was ugly or he was the most good looking person in the school. But let me decipher the mystery […]

I am a Millennial. Generation Y. Born between the birth of AIDS and 9/11, give or take. They call us “the Global Generation.” We are known for our entitlement and narcissism. Some say it’s because we’re the first generation where every kid gets a trophy just for showing up. Others think it’s because social media […]

Making poll predictions are hazardous. India has completed six out of the nine phases of the current elections. Considering the diversity in voters’ composition across genders, income groups, cultural background, geographies etc, judging electoral the outcomes in India is an impossible task. One can only visualize scenarios, of which three broad ones emerge. Scenario One: […]

If one goggles’ the word ‘Luxury’, it throws up about 197,000,000 results in some 0.33 seconds ! Various definitions crop up – for example, ‘something inessential but conducive to comfort & pleasure’ ; ‘ something expensive & hard to obtain’ ; ‘sumptuous living or surroundings’ ; ‘something pleasant, expensive & surprising’ etc etc. So what […]

There are many reasons why I took the plunge into active politics. Politics is a great agent for change. The fact that my father was an active politician ever since my birth influenced me greatly. Political activities and happenings were a routine part of my life while I was growing up. I was politically inclined […]

Though the review is grossly delayed yet I couldn’t help but type it down after I have seen ‘Blue Jasmine’ at least over 8 times in the last two-three months. I am going to be honest here and admit that I hadn’t seen any of Cate Blanchett’s movie prior to watching Blue Jasmine and now […]

Business Analytics is the process of arriving at scientific business decisions in the ever increasing and ever dynamic realms of cut throat competition that businesses have to contend in the modern day business arena. Analytics is a critical strategic capability that most global organizations are trying to build to create a lasting impact in their […]

A journey of almost nine years came to an end. Some innovative storytelling coupled with anxiety of love and friendship was the glue that kept us attached to the TV screen for better part of the last decade when HIMYM aired on Monday. Being a lifelong fan of this show I laughed and cried with […]