D for Divine

D for Divine

May 1, 2026 | Education, Environment, General, Poetry, Society & Culture

I think most of us have met the divine at some point. We may not have recognised it, but we have met it. Not only in places of worship or through rituals and scriptures. Sometimes it arrives in quieter ways. A sudden sense of well being for no clear reason. The ease...
The Tension

The Tension

Mar 9, 2026 | Education, Environment, General, Poetry, Society & Culture

The word tension creates tension A subtle turbulence that compels us to make a choice We are often taught to avoid it to escape it to resolve it And I wonder if staying with tension is not as bad as we are made to believe Creativity emerges in the tension between...
Becoming an algorithm

Becoming an algorithm

Jun 4, 2025 | Education, Environment, General, Prose, Society & Culture

Royal Challengers winning the elusive trophy, children being subjected to intense violence in Palestine and everything inbetween rests in my palm and changes at the instruction of my fingertip. I live this life with all these fighting to engage with my measuring mind....
Strange Sequences

Strange Sequences

Jan 11, 2025 | Education, Environment, General, Prose, Society & Culture

After many years a conversation abruptly reminded me of an event that took place while I was in college. I graduated with a degree in Life Sciences in the year 2007. We studied under three departments, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology from a very old institution located...
The Private Tiger

The Private Tiger

Aug 23, 2024 | Education, Environment, General, Prose, Society & Culture

Tiger Prabhakar is a popular Kannada film actor who acted in the movies between late 70s and late 90s. He started acting in small negative roles, usually one of the villain’s goons who gets beaten up by the protagonist. Tiger had worked his way up to become a...