Life is going on such a roller coaster ride these days. Well, rather, my feelings are on a roller coaster ride. Life is pretty much the same as before. One day, a good review of Dream’s Sake or an appreciative comment from a reader flies me up high. The other day, an unpleasant comment of…
It’s almost as if we are seeing history. Now, after seeing the support that Anna Hazare is getting, it’s no longer hard to imagine how Mahatama Gandhi was able to inspire millions into channeling their collective energies towards one single goal. The people are just spilling out on the streets, raising slogans and cries for…
Analogies are fun to read, and fun to write too if you can unshackle your imagination to weave out a really vivid one. They can, in just a few well-chosen words, express a situation more accurately than long streams of sentences. No wonder that writers often try and raise the picture or express their meanings…
The first news that caught my eyes today was a small paragraph in the corner of HT City. Umm, well actually, others might have caught my eyes first, but this was the one I chose to read first of all. And what was this all-important news? It said that William Shatner had been blocked from…
I was browsing through the old files on Google Docs when I came across this article. It was written on 12th June 2007 for Thalforum, a website for patients of Thalassemia and their caretakers. That was the time when I was working on the first draft of my novel. I fully remember how proud I…
Some days leave you gloomy, some leave you glowing with happiness and good cheer. Sometimes though, at the end of the day, you just don’t know whether you are happy or sad. Yesterday, 15 June 2011, was just such a day for me. The day started with more than usual bustle as I had to…
