Category: Reflections

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”

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”

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”

I am not a cell phone addict. Seldom do I open messages early in the morning. But that day it was different .As soon as I woke up, intuitively I grabbed my mobile to check WhatsApp. “Puppies chale gaye,” read the WhatsApp message from my son.  My heart sank; Continue reading “A tale of two puppies and Mother’s heart”

Close to my retirement as I reflect over my teaching career stretching beyond three and a half decades Continue reading “Bidding Adieu”