Quizzing and Rambling

Sitting in a cab, driving to my organization's Bangalore office at ten in the morning, I felt entitled to be aggrieved.  It had been an ...

Mumbai, Monday 17 June, 4.30 am. The phone alarm rings, but I have been half-awake since 4 am anyway. This has been my fifth consecutive nig...

Corruption Story 1 - Delhi, c. 1380  The Sultan of Delhi,  Firuz Shah Tughlaq received a complaint from a cavalry soldier.  In those days ca...

"Wow, Indian railways have improved beyond all recognition!", I thought as the Deccan Express pulled out of Pune junction. I was t...

 Supremacy in Indian domestic cricket is determined by who wins the Ranji Trophy. Thanks to regular changes made to the format, the tourname...

I landed at Heathrow Airport on a rainy day. The cab driver who picked me up at the airport was about my own age, a man in his forties. “Whe...

 It is a hot summer day in 1980. An excited six year old boy is travelling with parents and siblings on a highway in rural Maharashtra, head...