Last weekend was like homecoming for me.
It all started with an invitation to be part of a conference being held at IMT – “International Conference on Technology and innovation in marketing”. I had sent a paper for the event and somehow it got selected for presentation. I still am not sure how could my paper make it [...]
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Homecoming
Posted in Nostalgia on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Daughters of Bihar
Posted in Concerns, Nostalgia on April 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Had enough of free time I thought of some reading. After reading couple of online business magazines and some pages of a book by Stephen Hawking, I opened rediff website and got hooked to the article ‘The Daughters of Bihar‘.
The reason was simple: Any story concerning my homeland would attract my eyeballs.
But reading through it, I [...]
The Hyderabadi temporal and territorial sense
Posted in Nostalgia on November 5, 2006 | 4 Comments »
It has been less than six months since I have been to the city of nizams, but it felt like a long time. May be because last time too the trip was too small to savor the flavor of the city.
Once again this time the trip was hectic. Having travelled on the last row of [...]
The Ailing Legend
Posted in Concerns, Nostalgia on August 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The moment I switched on the TV to watch news, I came across the news of Ustad Bismillah Khan, who is not keeping well and has not eaten anything for the last three days. He has been hospitalised today in Varanasi.
The mention of the legend took me to the old days when he was healthy and had [...]
…And the Romance continues
Posted in Nostalgia on July 21, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Having a tough night and a tough day, it was time to unwind and let the hairs down.
I walked into a sweet shop which used to be famous during my childhood ‘Chandu Halwai’. They were happy to hear that I am back in their shop after 22 years. The sweet purchase was followed by meal [...]
Aamchi Mumbai
Posted in Nostalgia on July 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It has hardly been 5 days since I heard the news of Mumbai brought to standstill by bomb blasts, did I find myself in the great city. all my childhood memory came rushing in. The idea of staying in Colaba thrilled me the more. Gateway of India and Nariman point/Marine drive had been among the favorite points [...]
The Countdown
Posted in Nostalgia on May 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
One more week is left for me to leave the land of rising sun. Exactly one week later, at this time, I shall be boarding the plane for my journey back home.
Though the last eight months in this country have gone by quite fast, this one week seems to be the longest one. Every [...]
Choreographic Malfunction
Posted in Nostalgia on May 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »
It was a long time since I had watched a Hindi song on TV. For the last 8 months, watching TV itself is a rarity. Then watching an Indian movie song can be considered a treat for the eyes.
In one of the Indian restaurant, the host played CD of Hindi songs. At first it was [...]
Guideline or Customer Satisfaction?
Posted in Japan, Nostalgia on May 4, 2006 | 1 Comment »
When in India, I had heard a lot about punctuality of Japanese people. We had a joke going on in India: The ‘S’ in IST stands for 'Stretchable' and not for 'Standard'. So I was all praise for people who were punctual. But one of the experiences that I had here was nothing sort of [...]
The Namesake
Posted in Just Like That, Nostalgia on May 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Today I searched on the Google for the term “The Open Window” and was taken for a pleasant surprise that there exist an eponymous story by Saki and the name is also shared by a 2002 movie and an art jewelry gallery, somewhere in USA. It brought a smile and took me back to the christening [...]
