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How Trees & Birds Grabbed Prime Land In Pune City!
Nature shows the way to healing the city… Like most Indian cities, Pune has crumbled quite rapidly over the past decade and most citizens are convinced that things can only get worse. So thought I would write about a positive … Continue reading
Posted in Column, Environment, India, Pune City, Society
Tagged agarkar road, bhandarkar road, canal, garden, Green, hirwaee, India, prabhat road, pune, road, trees
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Magical Men Of 21st Century India
“The Key Selling Point Of The GodMen Is Their Talk About Things That Make No Sense” Right from childhood, stories that had their foundation in magic and ‘chamatkars’ always appealed to me. I must have watched 10s of combinations of … Continue reading
Reverse Migration – Get Me Out Of The Big City
On our way back from a beautiful village on the Konkan coast, me and my wife got talking about why Indians are abandoning the vast countryside and moving to ever so cramped and inhospitable cities. We have long toyed with … Continue reading
Posted in Column, India, Pune City, Society
Tagged India, maharashtra, migrate, power, pune, reverse migration, town, village, water
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The Stupidify Spell Has Been Cast. Can Brains Fight Back?
A commonly used spell in the Harry Potter books is “Stupefy”. When a wizard says the incantation, a jet of red light flies out of the tip of the magic wand and if it hits the target, the recipient gets … Continue reading
Posted in Column, India, Media, Society, Television
Tagged brain, brain cooling, grey cells, harry potter, spell, stupidify, TV, tv channels, tv soaps
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Land Of The Young, Rich & Healthy – Welcome To Youngistan
A new Pepsi ad has coined the phrase ‘Youngistan’ by combining Young & Hindustan. The actor in the ad claims to be an alien from the planet Youngistan. However is Youngistan really a planet in outer space or is India … Continue reading
The Case Of The Missing Paisa
I get into arguments at billing counters so frequently these days that I wonder if it has subconsciously become one of my favourite pastimes. I have a fairly wide range of causes for these disputes. However the most common cause … Continue reading
Us vs Them – The Mantra Of Politics
After extensive research at Oak Labs, we believe we have discovered the secret of success in politics. It revolves around the simple concept of “Us vs Them”. The key to getting a mass following, winning elections and being a popular … Continue reading
Indian Sport of Spitting On The Streets Needs To Get Its Due Recognition
“World Spitathon Champs” Indians might have the strongest lungs on the planet. Not because of any genetic reasons but because of the exercise that they make their lungs undergo by firing spit missiles every couple of minutes. Across the country … Continue reading