P. Jayachandran – the voice of emotions.
Singer P. Jayachandran’s name may not be well known outside Southern India. In the South, however, his name is synonymous[…]
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Category: personalities
Finding your swing: Bhagavad Gita’s wisdom on the Golf course in the book “The Legend of Bagger Vance”
One of the reasons why the Bhagavad Gita has such a universal appeal is the setting and atmosphere in which[…]
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“When we cease to understand the world.” – a beautifully conceived literary tour-de-force by Benjamin Labatut.
A few months ago, The New York Times released a list of the top 100 books published in the first[…]
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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[…]
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Wah Ustad! Remembering the Genius of Zakir Hussain
Just as most people can recall only a handful of Nobel laureates’ names, the same is true for Indian classical[…]
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Countess Ada Lovelace, a day in October that honors her memory and celebrates Women in science, and a gentle enquiry into her contribution towards software programming.
Casually ask any software developer you know – who was the world’s first software programmer and you are likely to[…]
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Sarath Babu – A few thoughts and memories of an actor I have grown up watching
I was surprisingly moved when I read about actor Sarath Babu’s death a few days ago. I never knew, until[…]
Read moreSandy’s retirement today – a reminiscence and tribute.
I vividly remember the first time I interacted with Sandy. I am not sure if she remembers it. It was[…]
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The genius of Hilary Mantel ( 1952 – 2022)
I would have to consider myself fortunate that I decided to pick up Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf hall” from the library[…]
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Roger Federer – A magical sportsman hangs his boots.
Roger Federer would have never become a Tennis player. It wasn’t as if he was a prodigy, like Tiger Woods,[…]
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