Beyond Hinjewadi

After a long time, we went for a ride to a destination we had not been to before. Our friend, Raja, has a one acre plot on top of a hill at Jawal. And what helps is that there is a tar road going all the way to the top. Jawal in Marathi means close. … Read more

Bangalore Travelog

When you travel light, you spend less time packing. I usually do the packing the previous night for an early morning departure. This time I managed to procrastinate even further. Did the packing at morning 0545 hrs for a 0630 hrs departure. Thanks to this, realized that we had started a 2000 km car journey, … Read more

Auto Chat

I seldom travel by autos, preferring the cycle – and when out of town, public transport. The other day I landed up at Delhi airport and awaited my usual bus to Darya Ganj, for my second hand book shopping. When it did not turn up for half an hour, I checked out the autos – … Read more

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