Essays
Essays and reflections in English: on life, cities, cinema, society and the self.
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A Night of Interlude
· EssaysAs I write these words at the odd hour of the day, or night as I must say, I feel to be in trance of gloom. My Allahabad also seems…
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Jon Snow rises again!
· EssaysCourtesy – http://es.ign.com/juego-de-tronos/102924/news/asi-se-guardo-el-mayor-secreto-de-juego-de-tronos It seldom happens that an Allahabadi Whatsapp group gets ignited by anything other than a cricket match. Like many uncertainties hitting India, this one also hit me along…
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Traditionally vernacular; yet COSMOPOLITAN!
· EssaysI am a mango man – I mean AAM AADMI, not related to AAP in any manner whatsoever- residing in the historical city of Allahabad. In fact, I do not…
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Nudity is Beautiful
· EssaysPicture courtesy- http://scd.france24.com/en/files/imagecache/france24_ct_api_bigger_169/article/image/06062015%20kapoor%20vagina.jpg Nudity is aesthetic if one has an eye for it. Curiosity towards the exploration of nudity has regularly inspired many great acts that this world has ever…
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The Last Man
· EssaysOh Man!Why are you standing last?Asked the God I am meant to be hereMy Lord! Why do you say so?Why don’t you put a foot forward?What forbids you to reach…
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Changing Dimensions of Friendship
· EssaysToday, out of boredom when I switched on my television and started surfing the channels, I ultimately stopped watching the last 30 minutes of a famous musical drama “DOSTI.” When…
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Government should negotiate Terrorism!!
· EssaysWorld is a theatre and terrorists are using it not for enthralling the audience, but for spreading the terror. The scourge of terrorism is…
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Personal ambitions in Group activities
· EssaysHuman being is a social animal evolving continuously. Apart from various Darwinian factors of evolution, there are some abstract occurrences of daily life that lead to gradual development of human beings. Everyone…