Posts filed under ““What If” Series”
The Mythology nobody wanted you to know
You have always been told the wrong mythological stories…..because that’s what the elders wanted you to hear….so that you grew up with values and conscience. The truth is far more life like…far more real.
Check out four mythological stories – find out why Ganesha has an elephant head, Why Shiva has a snake around his neck, Why Sherawali always sits on a Tiger and why Hanuman is Lord Rama’s best servant….
My time with Mumbai Underworld
Now I am a respectable man in the society, but not so long back – when I was young and could jump over walls quick – I was actually a Mumbai Underworld gangster. Robbing & killing for money!
Conversations by Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
Dr Manmohan Singh and I go a long way. If Dr Manmohan Singh hadn`t been named Asia`s best Finance Minister in 1993 (wasn`t it that year?), I wouldn`t have wanted to become a Finance Minister and joined BA Economics at The American College, Madurai. Thanks to him, I had joined the only course in the [...]
Thinking about my funeral
I have been reading Scott Adams` Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! for a while now. It`s a deviation from what he does best, and maybe that`s why this collection of short articles from Scott Adams were a let down for me. Anyway, one article titled ‘Planning my funeral` caught my attention. I thought I [...]
Email exchanges between five consenting, cheating adults
This blog post has been inspired by a book called ‘E` written by Matt Beaumont, a talented writer. The book is set in an Ad Agency called Miller Shanks in London and is written as a series of mails. Just mails exchanged between the colleagues and nothing else. So, here is my attempt in copying [...]