Alright, so here I'm with my latest blog post and this time I'm going to talk about my city — the city that never sleeps, the city of dreams and the city of magic. Mumbai. People living in the past glory still prefer to call it Bombay. This was the name given by the colonial … Continue reading Gift Yourself a Magical Heritage Tour of Mumbai
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Meet A Simple Man With a Master Plan
In 1995, Dr. Dre caste his spell with the song — who’s the man with a master plan? A nigga with a mother fucking gun. Gangsta rap was a rage and these lyrics got imprinted on my mind; it’s still there. It was around the same time that I entered college life. My college was in the south of Mumbai. I … Continue reading Meet A Simple Man With a Master Plan
The Universal Relative
It was 1995, and I'd just started college. My college was a nice little place near the Arabian sea. No words can describe the goodness of college life — pretty girls, fast cars, food, parties, madness, fun, and all of that. That which can be told. I made some really good friends in the first years itself … Continue reading The Universal Relative
A Guiding Star From the Days of Past Glory
2017 has been a year of action. A lot happened over coffee, tea, internet, and mainly WhatsApp; since we made a college group. Just in case you’re wondering which college? The incredible Jai Hind College in SOBO; fondly and wrongly called the town! I met many long-lost friends and made some new ones. There're quite a few who I never met … Continue reading A Guiding Star From the Days of Past Glory
The Only Friend I Asked For an Autograph
It was the first day of junior college in 1995. The college was a beautiful one near the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. I was quite anxious as college life was completely a new universe for me. I came from a low-income family from far suburb and the college was filled with children from the elite … Continue reading The Only Friend I Asked For an Autograph
The Bold and Beautiful Angel From Planet Love
Here's another story out of my bag. This one is of a phenomenal, pious soul traveling since eons to spread joy, compassion, and love — and now in the form of a human named Ritika Arya. You can find several articles about her on the internet but I want to take the opportunity to write … Continue reading The Bold and Beautiful Angel From Planet Love
A Loving Person Lives in a Loving World
There’s always one such person that touches your heart and makes you see a new world. I also met one such person in 1997-98. Rohan Vaswani is a friend from the days of past glory — college days. As far as my memory goes, he was always a loving, relaxed dude; the cool types. Coming from an … Continue reading A Loving Person Lives in a Loving World
Remembering College Days — 18 Years Later
After a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious school life, I chose to go to a college that is radical and mainly, far from my home; and all the tapori school friends. I'd to get out of that well and explore a different universe. Luckily, I got a good percentage; at least I thought so. I was lucky to get admission into one of … Continue reading Remembering College Days — 18 Years Later