Impressions, Perceptions and Views.

Sad but true! I do not want to read newspapers anymore. Sad because not very far back my articles did appear in newspapers and a few columns found space in them with balanced views on my published novels. To me the relevance of the newspaper today is much as the radio and transistors which are … Continue reading Information Overload →

By Yameena Shameem Marabelle was walking in town square, daydreaming. She was dreaming of a sunny day, walking on damp grass, plucking daisies for her mother who had passed away only a year ago. But Marabelle’s daydream didn’t really match reality. It actually was a rainy day, with gray clouds soaking a person head to… Continue reading Marabelle’s Story →

By Eshan Shameem  Zach is a normal kid, going to an average school, with average grades. He’s never been special at anything. His best friend since kindergarten, Jake, is the star of the football team and is the best in all of his classes. Zach has always looked up to Jake. Both Zach and Jake… Continue reading The Underdog →

In a friendly discussion I mentioned to a friend that “ An acquaintance of mine meditates for an hour daily early in the morning before he leaves for work, some consider him crazy.”  He smiled and replied, “Do you know what is crazy? Sitting at a desk 9 to 5 for your entire life! That… Continue reading Do we Live our lives or just Exist? →

The word Narcissist comes from a Greek myth in which a handsome young man named Narcissus sees his own reflection in a pool of water and falls in love with it. I do not know how many of us have had similar feelings observing our reflections. I have seen myself in the mirror on many… Continue reading Narcissists Favour Fascism →

During past five years or so spent in India and USA, I have witnessed a very glaring stand alone striking similarity; in both the countries, barring their die hard followers, most of the population is aware that their leaders have lined their expectations with lies and continue to do so  They are questioning them. However,… Continue reading What Do You Call Someone Who Lies All The Time? →

 The above two pictures exhibit vignettes of normal citizens relaxing and perhaps enjoying too. They are fortunate, they live in a country which has an economic arrangement that allows huge income disparities between the rich and them and yet from their personal budget they can afford basic amenities and also relish their preferred passion. There… Continue reading A Recondite Situation →

The Siege of Lucknow was one of the most terrible incidents of the uprising in 1857. It was prolonged for 87 days before it  was finally relieved. In its remembrance the English poet Lord Alfred Tennyson penned ‘The Defence Of Lucknow’. It is a fairly lengthy poem, its first few lines are quite striking.  … Continue reading Lucknow →

My first visit to Kichaucha Sharif was way back in 1976 with my father when after retirement he decided to stay in the ancestral home and pursue farming. The caretaker of the property, a strapling Patahan, insisted that I visit the Dargah and pay obeisance to the revered Sufi saint Sultan Syed Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir… Continue reading Impressions – Kichaucha Sharif →

Let us talk about flowers; they grow in our gardens, in dense thick jungles, on barren sand in the desert, in the crevices of the high mountains, the still ponds and in the murky, boggy, mud. Of different color, shape and size they all look beautiful more so when arranged in a bouquet. The 53… Continue reading DOSTI KA GULDASTA-THE FRIENDSHIP BOUQUET →