Posts

Showing posts from January, 2015

Ragging: When My Heart Skipped A Few Beats!

Image
Short Story Since many of our friends felt sad and traumatized by the true, sad ragging event I have described in my short story, I have decided to share one of my sweet memories of that period. Yes, what you are envisaging is correct, sweet memories can’t be without a girl. I am sure guys, the incident would make you feel jealous of me. This happened when I was in GMKMC- year 1991. I was hardly a week old in that college. Had been undergoing many depressing ragging events at the Hostel. As it happens in a typical masala movie, those sad scenes followed by this romantic incident. Even after 23 years, while writing this, I could feel  butterflies in my stomach. Fortunately, in the college campus – Ponni supermarket campus- seniors had to maintain certain decorum, ragging cannot go beyond boundaries. The incident took place on a monsoon day. Weather was fantastic. Just stopped raining. Everything looked so fresh and clean. Gentle breeze was blowing across, soothing every

Goa Bike Trip : Bikomaniacs 2014: Part 3

Image
                            "What we all want in life,  to travel,   fall in love and be happy"   Sorry for the long hiatus. I was busy for some days and lazy on the remaining. Idleness is an enjoyable disease to indulge in. Escaped from that beautiful beast just before addiction sets in. Bikomaniacs Goa Trip Part-3 October 31 st 2014, 9 am. Chennai- Bangalore: Heavenly Surreal Journey My trance like state at the Yelagiri foothills was brought down to reality by a loud honking passer-by truck. Kick started my stallion and I was trotting on the blissful empty six lane highway. Winter sun was still lazy, slowly jogging behind me. And we both were sluggish and chasing my shadow till noon. Post noon we became brisk and let the shadow behind – chasing us! When you are on a long drive, you tend to have more time for yourself which is so difficult to get, in the fast lane- city life; possible to analyse your life at a distance. Solutions to intricate pro

Please don’t have New Year Resolutions???!!!

Image
New Year celebrations are growing bigger , wider and wilder - number of people revelling are going up- every year. Social media plays a significant role in it. Everyone is directly or indirectly, consciously or subconsciously pressurised to do something on a New Year eve. You are forced to celebrate and brag a few snaps on social media. Nowadays every hotel, resort, club and even residential apartments have New Year celebration parties. The mad rush is such that, your seat is not guaranteed unless otherwise you book it well in advance. Please don’t misunderstand my tone. I too like the concept of welcoming a new year – with red carpet- with so much of joy and energy- eagerly waiting for the clock to touch MN 12; bursting out wildly with loud and bright fire crackers ...of course life is a celebration! New Year carnival is a mark of first day in a year according to Gregorian or Christian calendar. And it is also celebrated as the feast of circumcision of Chris in accordan