Do you Have a Social Conscience

I was in a comfortable zone doing my daily chores complaining about the lines in queues for drawing your money from the bank and a zillion other things, when I was rudely jolted out my comfort zone. I was reading Arundhati Roy’s “Broken Republic “and I freely admit that I …

The Case against William by Mark Gimenez

I first read Mark Gimenez’s “The Governor’s Wife “. It was a book picked at random during browsing a store three years back. I immediately cottoned on to him and read the rest of his books like “Accused, The Common Lawyer, The Colour of Law and Abduction “without any delay. …

China Pak Axis-Deeper Endgame

Over the last few months, the nation is in a fervor over the repeated unprovoked assaults by Pakistan under the guise of terrorism. That, they have been soundly trashed in three wars is a given. Then why is Pakistan continuing in a war which it cannot win? The constant refrain …

Order to Kill by Vince Flynn

It is with a very heavy heart that I write this –As I have to wait till another Mitch Rapp book is written. I am a big fan of The Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn for multiple reasons. I discovered Vince Flynn accidentally as I was browsing through some …

All-Time Favorite List of Movies 1950-2010

I am an unabashed movie buff taking delight in all types of movies like westerns, war, classic, historical, heist, comedy and war. I have seen every movie listed here and enjoyed it. It would be what I would like to own in my own personal library. I don’t make any …

The Rigveda Code by Rashmi Chendvankar

I take absolute pleasure in going to a bookstore in my free time to browse through books to decide my purchases. Other than the standard favourite authors, it is a pleasure to buy a book by an unknown author merely based on the look and feel of the book in …

The Evolution of a perfect Cricket Test Team

By Sunshade  16th October 2016 The whitewash of the Kiwis in the 3 match tests and the pulsating 3:2 win in the one day series, was a perfect Diwali gift  and  India going to No 1 ranking in tests. We Indians are used to big individual names down the years. The …

Good Samaritans-Feeding the Poor

25th October 2016   The modern day’s frenetic lifestyle leaves little time for introspection and contemplation. As an avid newspaper reader, I came across an article about a man, a small-time private firm employee but with a big heart, who feeds the poor construction workers excess waste food, which he …

Driver-less Transportation

The development of driver-less cars has automatically led to using the same technology in other forms of transport like buses, cargo carriers, inter-city buses, office fleet carriers. Autonomous vehicles will have a major impact on urban transportation. The politicians and urban planners have embraced this technology so whole-heartedly that whole …

Pakistan Attack-Bollywood After effects

In the wake of the Uri attacks by Pakistan and the beautifully crafted surgical strike by the Indian armed forces, a innumerable  arguments have been ignited in the social media. Some political parties have also added their bit in eulogizing the soldiers and castigating Pakistan. There is such a nationalistic …