The L word
It’s not in the flirtatious one-liners, the extravagant gifts, the hearts and flowers or the over-the-top PDA. It’s not breaking up and patching up after every minor tiff. It’s not infatuation or obsession. It’s not in the big picture you present to everyone as a couple of punch drunk teenagers. …
The Fault in Our Stars
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” John Green, The Fault in Our Stars This John Green novel, The Fault …
The Breathtaking view from Thalankuppam Pier
Travel has mostly been only on work and almost never just for the sake of travel. Chennai has its fair share of places that are enticing and inviting. Thalankuppam is one. Thalankuppam is a small fishing hamlet, at Ennore, the extreme north of Chennai city. The Thalankuppam River, also called …
NOT FOR SALE
Not for Sale is a non-profit organization based out of California. Not for Sale fights human trafficking and modern-day slavery around the world. Abolitionist, professor, journalist and author David B. Batstone founded Not for Sale. Not for Sale began when organization president, David Batstone, discovered that one of his favourite Indian restaurants near his home …
The defining moments in Indian cricket history
As a child, I grew up knowing not of any professional sport than cricket. I can still remember my family crowding the living room to watch every India match. The prayers said watching the last over are unmatched to any heard within the walls of a temple. Our passion and …
The evolution of Edison’s inventions
You’d be surprised to know that many of the things we use today are actually a result of a series of improvisations of an instrument that Edison invented. Edison is the man of revolutionary technology. These instruments have been tweeked by techies and made fit for today’s generations. Here are …
Into the wild
It is not always that a book makes you stop and think about everything in your life, it takes a truly great book to induce that change in your life. Every bookworm has that one book that stays close to their heart forever, Into the wild by Jon Krakauer was …