general musings - Streams of Thought

Remembering Atalji’s speech in Parliment on his 100th birth anniversary on 25th December.

I can never forget that day in the Indian parliament—27th May 1996. I watched the event live on television. Even[…]

I started listening to opera by accident. In 2014, to satisfy a long-standing whim, I bought a cheap vinyl player—one[…]

Just as most people can recall only a handful of Nobel laureates’ names, the same is true for Indian classical[…]

(Note: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was one of the most prolific writers in history. His collected works run into 100 volumes,[…]

It was an emphatic victory for Trump, with no room for doubt whatsoever. The 2024 elections were Trump’s from the[…]

The word “nostalgia” conveys a yearning to return to a cherished past. Rooted in the Greek “nostos” meaning “home,” its[…]

I lost an aunt last month and now an uncle. Both losses have chipped away at our family’s roots. Though[…]

It is difficult to write a eulogy for a man as intensely private as Ratan Tata. Yet, when he passed[…]

The profound challenges of human society often revolve around adapting to changing environments: How do we blend tradition with modernity?[…]

What happened to Wrestler Vinesh Phogat is sad, no doubt about that. It is every athlete’s nightmare to find themselves[…]