The government’s recent advisory directing television channels against telecasting contraceptive ads between 6 am to 10pm, decrying these as ‘indecent’, especially for the children, transported me to ‘90s when my children were small. That was the time when ‘Nirodh’ advertisement was aired frequently on government owned Doordarshan, the one and only one channel in the country. Continue reading “It all ad(ds) up for kids”
Traffic Lights- a mirror image of our society
As I commute to the college, my workplace, not more than two kilometers away from my home, I cross a traffic signal. The roads leading to this crossing have short dividers which are often used to skip the traffic lights. Never mind the risk of banging into the approaching traffic, there are many who come via the slip road, take a U-turn from the short divider and again take the route of the other slip road to cross over to the other side. Continue reading “Traffic Lights- a mirror image of our society”
Retired but not tired
Retirement is not a bolt from the blue. You know the exact date when you are going to retire and hence have all the time to prepare yourself for the D-Day. Yet, when the time comes it is not easy. Continue reading “Retired but not tired”
Lid off the Secret Stash
How can anyone forget the evening of November 8, 2016, when the P M Narendra Modi stunned the nation with his big-bang announcement on demonetization? Nobody could have imagined that the date with Mr. Modi, his unscheduled address to the nation would turn out to be the epicenter of a massive earthquake Continue reading “Lid off the Secret Stash”
All in the name of love and romance
It was well past nine at night but the local sector market was buzzing with activity and bustling with crowd. Bangle shops had sprung up all over the market and were doing brisk business. But, the most sought after were mehendiwalas, dozens of them lined up on foot-path applying henna on the hands of women, young and old. It was the eve of Karva Chauth Continue reading “All in the name of love and romance”
