How did the Kumbh Mela begin?

How the tradition of gathering for Kumbh started. Once there was a king called Bagiratha who was a farmers’ leader. Those farmers faced a severe water crisis then, which made him to take a pledge of bringing down the Ganga who had been dwelling on the mountains. Along with his 60000 farmers, he worked day [...]

Dahi-Haandi: Janmashtami celebrations in Mumbai

If you happen to be from Mumbai and/or were in Mumbai last Sunday and dared roaming around the city I am sure Dahi-Haandi celebrations could not have been missed. Fine that it was celebrated with all the gusto but the way the city life is brought to near stand still by mounting haandis on a [...]

Competition for Vijender

So what if he has won the bronze at Beijing, he should fear Sonia Ben, the 21st most powerful women in the world! And he should not even dare to strip down to his boxing garb infront of Angela Merkel.
And the comment of the day in the same article:
“A lot of the women who dropped [...]

Back to basics

Though I have two pieces of paper using which I can claim to be a Master in Computer Science, I experienced real happiness today when I had set up (actually repaired) our office LAN. Just to make things clear, we have only 4 PCs – 3 client PCs and 1 server which is connected to [...]

Yet another conspiracy theory?

The special tribunal of the Supreme Court had suggested the government to uplift the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The country experience deadly blasts in Jaipur followed by twin day bombings of Bangalore and Ahmedabad and defusings in Surat. The government has obviously been under pressure to complete the blasts’ investigation.
Government [...]

Fighter India

It is interesting to note that the Olympic heroes from the land of Gandhi have bagged medals in shooting, boxing and wrestling

Resignation letter

Got this piece from a friend long ago:
The name is good, the brand is big
But the work I do is that of a pig
The work or the brand; what is my way?
I don’t know if I should stay.
To work, they have set their own way
Nobody will care to hear what I [...]

Railway tickets at market prices

Looks like someone from Railways read my previous post on ticketing and gave a serious thought
“We are planning to launch online auction of train tickets and the modalities are being worked out,” said a senior Railways Ministry official and added “only sleeper and AC class tickets will be available for online auction.”
Though there [...]

3 medals for India

With Vijender entering the semis of boxing and Sushil Kumar winning a bronze in wrestling, India is assured of 3 medals in the Beijing Olympics. A bronze is assured to the semi-finalists in boxing. Hope we win a gold here too. Quite an achievement. A 200% increase in the number of medals!!

Meeting Geet Sethi

While on my way back to Udaipur for the Independence weekend, I got a chance to meet Mr. Geet Sethi for a couple of minutes at the dining hall of a hotel in Ahmedabad.  Nothing much, just that I am delighted I have been an admirer and have always wondered if Olympics had [...]