Essays

Essays and reflections in English: on life, cities, cinema, society and the self.

  • a NEW perspective

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    Novelty infuses enthusiasm in a nondescript life. An urge to do something new accompanies occurrence of a new phenomenon. Recently, we witnessed the advent of a new year and a new decade.…

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  • FATALITY OF MONOTONY

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    Quite an eerie topic to write about at my age, but compelled by the circumstances to virtually scribble my mind out. Pessimism is what is generally attributed to such creations.…

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  • 4th Alumni Meet, 2009

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    Dear Friends, Memories are most precious intangible entities that exist by our side forever. Eternity in the strictest meaning of the term is perhaps an utopia, if sought to be…

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  • MJ Dead!!!

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    Well… Well… Well… It has been quite a long time since I have expressed my self on this blog. “Project’ projected me into such a tardy schedule which was further…

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  • Cinderella Man

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    The celluloid narrative of James J. Braddock- A Great Boxer Analysing certain things disparages their beauty. But, I strongly feel to share my views about a beautiful movie- Cinderella Man.…

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  • Sachin Tendulkar

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    Happy Birthday SACHIN!! ‘If cricket is a religion, then Sachin Tendulkar is its GOD’ A cliché but true. It perfectly suits the person who apart from being the paragon of…

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  • Be yourself!!!

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    Being YOURSELF!! Well it has been quite a long time I updated my blog. Hectic schedule and moribund pedagogy were the biggest contributors in this regard. From past few weeks…

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  • Teaching

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    Commodification of Teaching and its Repercussions “Today’s teacher, somebody please ‘teach’ ‘her’ (/him)” Francis Bacon told us that ‘knowledge is power’. But I could not manifest any power till now.…

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  • Slumdog Millionaire

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    Is it the real ‘Jai Ho’? 23rd February morning started with the jubilation of Slumdog Millionaire winning 8 Oscar awards. The euphoria was immeasurable because of the unprecedented feat by…

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  • "FEEL the "JAW"

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    “FEEL” the “JAW” With 46 entries the event of JAW saw the light of the day among the students of B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) of University of Allahabad. An initiative of…

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