Reality Shows

Reality shows seem to have seized the imagination of the country. Turn on your television set and take your pick. In the mood for a talent hunt? Try the Indian Idol. Maybe you’re business minded. Tune in to The Apprentice. Perhaps you’re more of the MTV kind? The Roadies are a...

From Darkness to Light

Darkness. Pitch black darkness. Her eyes are open yet closed. Her eyes seek light. They search hard. She tosses over in her bed. This is a bad dream she says and she shouts let it pass. Oh God let it pass. But soon she realizes it’s not a dream. She’s now awake. She bows her h...

Dial J for Journalism

There was a time when a mere interest in Journalism (or just a social concern) and a little flair for writing – was enough to get into a newspaper. And the journalists in those days had only one aim – to write the truth and nothing but truth. I was even told that the mome...

Marriage: A must read

“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I w...

Qatar talks to the World

It was in 1986, returning to Mangalore, annual holiday from Qatar. My uncle who was employed in Kuwait used to tease me "Qatar kai aasa re...  amche dinar polle...  geerest gav..." He was right. Then One would struggle to locate 'where Qatar' in the Middle East map. It was on...