I was in Bangalore for the last few days. I caught some cricket as the TV would be on all the time. No, this post is not really about cricket. This is about ‘Fair and Ugly err Lovely’ Fourth Umpire. As I saw the face of Charu Sharma and Srikant, I was waiting for the…
I can Understand Why Bangalore was Called the Garden City
I have been for a few days in Bangalore and I clicked all the lovely flowers, a few coconut trees and a faboulous sunset around the housing complex I am staying. It has been raining on and often and flowers seem to just grow out of their own free will. Though Bangalore in general has…
5 Reasons why I do not Consider Cricket True Sport
You have to read this tongue in cheek! Here are the 5 reasons why I do not consider cricket true sport! Photo Credit- Oleksii Sidorov at Shutterstock 5. David Boon, Inzamam-ul Haq, ever expanding Virender Sehwag, and I can’t remember a similar Sri Lankan player’s name. Now look at the king of games, soccer and name…
My First Trek: Sar Pass (Himanchal Pradesh)
My husband and I took a trek in the Indian Himalayas from May 17 to May 27, 2003. I still dream about my Sar Pass trek, it was so incredibly beautiful. As I am writing this, I can see this one is going to be really long! Have patience with me. My husband has trekked…
Organizational Efficiency vs. Power: An Email Interview with Professor Charles Perrow
Charles Perrow is Professor Emeritus in Department of Sociology at Yale University. In his book, ‘Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism’ (Princeton University Press, 2002) Professor Perrow uses historical evidence (1800-1910) to address the debate on why organizations became large and hierarchal. In this email interview with Professor Charles Perrow, he was…
Venice: A Day Trip to Venice
Photo Credit Canadastock on Shutterstock Venice has been my dream destination since childhood. But my primary purpose for visiting Italy in the year 2003 was to attend an academic conference in Modena, and not tourism. The trip to Modena was possible because I got sponsorship from the University of Modena, Italy and Indian Council of…
Third Time Lucky (Warning! This is a Long Post)
I walk into the examination hall and the students pay no attention. They keep on shouting at the top of their voices. I somehow manage to get heard, and ask for order. They reluctantly lower their voices. I ask them to remove all the reading materials so that I can give them the question and…
An Ode to my Departed Ladakh Pictures
I had 400 plus pictures from my recent trip (June, 2005) to Ladakh. Like a fool I saved them in ‘my pictures’ folder on C drive. Like a fool I did not write a CD and like a fool again I did not transfer them to the other system at my home from my laptop….
Writing for Gonomad
When I started working in the higher education sector in India, it turned out to be a real eye opener for me. When I was studying, I either went to better places or our generation was a bit more tractable. When I started teaching, I found the first two places completely impossible. This period of…
Auli: Beautiful Hillstation in Uttaranchal, India
Auli is a picture postcard kind of a place situated in Uttarakhand, India. I went there in the August of 2002, just after submitting my Ph.D. thesis and just before starting my first job that turned out to be an absolute horror. Rainy season, that is July and August are the worst time to visit…