It is always sad to bid adieu to a good friend. Even sadder to watch that friend wither away to a long drawn out but inevitable end. When that friend has been a companion for almost half your life it…
Homage to an Electric Kettle
Author: gokulvarmank
Writer, blogger, bibliophile, numismatist, philatelist, networking engineer, amateur photographer, traveller, tourer, die hard biker, philosophical, individually optimist, societally pessimist, anarchist, monarchist, megalomaniac
Pyari – An Ectoplasmic Roommate
The biggest debate about Pyari is on whether he is male or female. I am of the firm opinion that he is a he and Aadi adamant that he is a she. There is no doubt however on the fact…
Why I want Modi to win in 2019
Like 2014, 2019 General Elections of India is turning out to be a controversial, heated up and passionate clash of cultures. Though not the first, one of the loudest salvos were fired in Lok Sabha on Friday, the 20th of…
The Modi Effect
Since 2014 we in India have been seeing a Modi wave. Elections after elections being won remarkably and at times even miraculously by the Saffron Juggernaut defying expectations and predictions leaving even the most tenacious journalists and pundits striving with…
Memories of my Father
It has been five years since my father passed away. Five years in which life has changed in so many ways. However I still miss him. In fact I miss him even more. When you lose a person the…
Tales from Swarga – Part 3 – All Hands Meet
Swarga gets particularly colder during certain periods of time. Nandi, the great and obedient Leutenant of the Gods ensure it to be so because Lord Shiva like Swarga to be particularly cold on his occasional visits to Swarga. Dwelling for…
Year End Review
It has been a long time since I wrote. Changes tend to do that to you. Tumultous changes, that completely change your life. Caught in the swirling flux of life that changes drastically all around you one is left with…
Ode To A Mobile Phone
It was almost three years to the day when you entered my life. Today you leave my life. This is a tribute to you, the Nokia Lumia 720 that had been a partner of my life for the past 1000…
Lessons From The Blind
Yesterday was just a regular day with me returning home in a BMTC Volvo bus. It is generally a short commute and I usually spend my time observing people around me. Euphemisms and sniggers can be generated for the previous…
Tales From Swarga – Part 2 – Ethnic Day
Vyasa was not in his best mood as he reached Swarga on this day. Today he was wearing colorful robes from his native place, Nepal. He missed wearing his regular ascetic’s robes. While never the sharpest of dressers Vyasa still…