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( First appeared in Vidura Oct-Dec 2013) Let me call him Vikki. The youngest son of a retired Delhi babu, Vikramaditya realises in his 3rd year BE, that Engineering is…
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Yet another irony in life: it is the punctual who pay for it. And the currency of payment? Time, which they value - the reason they try to be punctual...
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(First appeared in the Hindu Business Line, November 28th, 2013) There are at least three people assessing me as I enter a large veranda and take my seat, facing one…
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(A shorter version appeared in The New Indian Express, November 16, 2013) Arguably the greatest hoopster of all times, Michael Jordan retired twice, each time after taking his team to…
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(First appeared in Air India Shubh Yatra, October 2013) Rome is no beach resort to be experienced sensually with the skin, mind locked up. Rome is intellectually engaging as a…
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(First appeared in the New Indian Express, October 16, 2013) In an otherwise happy school life in rural Kerala in the 1960’s, my gravest dread was not snakes or ghosts,…
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( First appeared in SpiceRoute, July, 2013) When you touch down at Port Blair’s Veer Savarkar airport, you are in Indian territory that is farthest from the mainland. Geographically closer…
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If you are visiting port Blair's Cellular Jail, stop over if your expectations are moderate. (more…)
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Arguably among Havelock's best restaurants, at Anju Coco Resto, I had one of the best fish dishes. (more…)
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( First appeared in The Economic Times, March 16, 2012) The historic Palazzo del Gusto in the hill town of Orvieto near Rome is an apt setting for the International…
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