It was way back in 1980, I came to Chandigarh as a young girl of 23 to join a prestigious girls’ college as a lecturer and fell in love with the beauty and serenity of the city. In sharp contrast to the hustle and bustle of Jalandhar where I spent my growing up days Continue reading “Life in Chandigarh-then and now”
Hooked on to WhatsApp and loving it
With umpteen programs on dozens of television channels, you are spoilt for choice but chances are there may not be a single program worth watching. Continue reading “Hooked on to WhatsApp and loving it”
A ‘Loving’ Legend
She is like a hard softball, hard from outside but soft within. I am talking about our dynamic, energetic Principal Mrs. Sneh Mahajan who guided the destiny of the college for around one and a half decade Continue reading “A ‘Loving’ Legend”
It all ad(ds) up for kids
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”
