Bike-o-mania

I must confess that even after 350 km, I still get a daily thrill out of my new bike. It is just the thought of riding it - to tennis or to office - that makes me get out of bed in the morning with a measure of energy and enthusiasm.
One thing is clear after [...]

Full-body Massage

Devbagh is wonderful. An island with coniferous forest. Not too many people. Good food and lots of it. Good beach and even better water. One night is too short a time for this beachy paradise.
The most exciting thing that happened in Devbagh is, I went for a Kairali Ayurvedic full body massage. For those of [...]

Self-fulfilling Prophecies

When I was studying Psychology, I read of an experiment where some duffer kids were told that they were the best in the class, but, being late bloomers, their time had not yet come but soon they would outshine everyone else in a radius of 17 miles etc. So then, these kids, who naturally had [...]

New Bike, Old Bike

My old bike is feeling neglected. It stands under the trees marking the car’s parking place and gets covered with leaves and dust like it’s always done. But now it feels neglected because the new bike, which is bigger, stronger, and shinier, is the one that stands close to the building, and gets taken out [...]

Bangalored

Now as most of you know, I came to Bangalore eight years ago (in April) just after getting married. Ok, I know that’s not what getting Bangalored means, but it’s close enough.
And I was just remembering the Bangalore I saw then and have seen over then past eight years. I remember when:

Traffic went both [...]