Random Thoughts

While advancing in our lives, we move like earthworms. With great difficulty, we stretch and reach out to where we want to go, then pull our rear-end (again with great difficulty) to settle down in our new position. This motion is repeated several time… more »

  Recently I happened to read an interview with an ex-millionnaire who had lost all his wealth including his luxurious multi-million dollar home that was designed after a cruise ship. The home was featured on local television and had contributed partly… more »

Every incident in our life is a nail slammed into our track with one end of an elastic band attached to it. The other end of the elastic band gets attached to us, constantly pulling us back to where the nail is. Our whole life is an effort to leave the n… more »

Matthew Kneale's English Passengers qualifies to be the last book I read without reading glasses. While reading the book, I kept feeling the urge to hold the book farther away than I used to, but I was in denial. The book was interesting enough for me to… more »

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook the St. Louis area at 4:37am today. It wasn’t strong enough to shake the bed, but it did rattle the roof and windows. When I woke up at the sound of the earthquake (and Deepa’s shouting), it sounded as if an o… more »

My friend, Suresh had lived in Bangalore until he moved into Perumbavoor and into my class (5A) more than 20 years ago. He spoke very little Malayalam and was learning to speak the language like us. One day he declared to us, “My most favorite word… more »

In the early 90’s, a new newspaper named “The Independent” hit the newsstands in Bombay. There were billboards all over the city announcing the arrival of the newspaper claiming non-partisan reporting. There was one particularly interes… more »

With all this talk about a recession of US economy in the air, it seems like a good time to draw some parallels between economy and friendship. Even though the word “recession” is mostly used in connection with economy, Encarta states that i… more »

“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it”. Last couple of weekends, I was extremely busy around the house &ndash… more »

Once you cross a certain line in a friendship, it is very hard to reach a sustainable pace. It is not everyday that you come across people that make you cross that line. On this side of the line, things are simple and straightforward. With vast majority… more »