A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush When we were in fifth grade we got caught stealing mangoes. Needless to say we got caught because we got greedy. It was my first brush with ‘the bird in hand is worth two...
Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey, famous television host considered one of the most powerful women today has humble beginnings. She was born in 1954 on a farm in Mississippi. She lived till the age of 6 with her grandmother who taught her to read before the...
Slumdog Millionaire ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a British film directed by Danny Boyle which is an adaption of the novel ‘CAA’ by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Jamal Malik the protagonist of the movie, a young man from the Dharavi slums of Mumbai appears on...
What Makes People Drink? Different people drink for different reasons. Some drink because they are depressed, some because they want to celebrate, some because they are lonely, some just to give others company, some because it makes them feel brave, some to fight away the...
Backpacking Uncle John invited me to go backpacking with him. While my parents were worried about how I would manage, I was excited. Backpacking sounded footloose and fancy free. It sounded like fun to me. Uncle John had warned me to travel light, so it...
What Is Love? Is it the quickening of your pulse when you see someone? Is it the blood rushing to your face when someone calls out your name? Or is it the lovely sensation that leaves your hand tingling after a momentary handshake? Centuries have...
Avatar To say that ‘Avatar’ is the most visually stunning movie of our times would be an understatement. Even those with a Jurassic Park hangover cannot refute that ‘Avatar’ is the groundbreaking 3D release of its time. James Cameron, the man who gave us movies...
Patriotism Today The Independence we enjoy today is because of the thousands of martyrs that sacrificed their lives for the country. Yet another Independence Day dawns, some of us shower and make it in time for the flag hoisting, stand for the 52 seconds it...
The Power of Words All over the world, words are the primary way people communicate with each other. It doesn’t matter where you live, what color you are, or what creed you follow; words convey your thoughts. There is no bigger medium of expression. We...
Munna bhai and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the architect of India’s independence from the British and the bearer of the sobriquet “Mahatma” is omnipresent in India. You see him looking up at you from the currency notes, the postage stamps, the picture frames...
