Assam Cycling

The North East has always been an exotic place for those of us on the mainland. Hills, Militants, Tea gardens, and what have you. The flight from Calcutta to Dibrugarh overflew the Brahmaputra – and what a grand sight it was. Stretching across for tens of kilometers at places, serenaded by the peaks of Arunachal … Read more

Around the world in 360 days

Trust Pravin to give you some interesting assignments. So here I am on a Tuesday morning, with an interesting young couple who will be cycling down to Vetale with me. My Trek was giving some gear trouble, so I had to take my electric cycle. On the phone I checked with Aire if he was … Read more

Two Thumbs

Once upon a time, two thumbs decided to take on a jackfruit. The jackfruit was a young chap – and very thick skinned, but unarmed. The thumbs on the other hand, had between themselves one knife. The left thumb was weaker. She took the knife first. She tried pulling it against the jackfruit’s tough skin. … Read more

Success is Danger

Success is Danger. A DNA changer. In the conquest of knowledge, You got a good college. Companies fought to employ, This blue-eyed boy. But a steady pulse rate is a sure sign, Of a heart attack in a short time. The law of averages delivered a wham, From being the chef, you were now the … Read more

Hari’s poem

Passage 1 There are no places left unsearched in my modern world Genetic strands they say control my soul My smiles are nerve endings stretching themselves far My tears are excited glands secreting some gooey tar My fear is controlled by adrenalin level My factory is my living hell My children are two fused chromosomes … Read more

Work Hard Be Nice

The Knowledge is Power Program, commonly known as KIPP, is a network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory schools in low income communities throughout the United States. Their motto – Work Hard. Be Nice. I think we can look at that as a positioning statement for our school. KIPP schools work from 8 to 8. Had asked … Read more

What is not Marketing

When we were hunter gatherers, we had limited needs. All that we got was used for satisfying our own needs and possibly our immediate family members. Then agriculture happened – and our nomadic life got replaced with village life. That was around the time we realised that all us people need not be involved in … Read more

Waldorf Schools

Pune’s Waldorf School, Swadha, was started by Shefali in 2012. One of the main ways of marketing the school is through parent presentations. I attended one recently along with 8 other parents. Most of them had heard about the school through a friend. Almost all of them had visited the School website – swadhaschool.org. There … Read more

From dropouts to Entrepreneurs

Had been hearing about Vigyan Ashram a lot – so last week team Bulls Eye Pune decided that we must spend half a day there. We got in touch with the school principal, Anand Gosavi, who said that we can visit any weekday – so we made the 2 hour journey to Pabal. Pabal can … Read more