Published inThe Ploy: Stories for amusement·Jul 3, 2022Touch Me Not Village !“Divining the difference between reality and the fantastic may not be as simple as it seems. Because the world you think you know may not actually exist…” India is a land of mysteries, myths, urban legends, local folklore etc, land where some unbelievable practices or theories originate, land where still…India3 min readIndia3 min read
Published inThe Ploy: Stories for amusement·Jun 4, 2022The Queen Who Drowned !“Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right thing to do.” -Anne Holm. We often hear so many stories of kings doing great things for their people by being brave and facing death/near death situations in…Queen3 min readQueen3 min read
Jan 1, 2022My Book List of 2021!Cheers to a year filled with books and books only. My goal was to read one book a week, so it was 52 books for the year . Yes, I did read exactly that number of books and here’s the list. …Books2 min readBooks2 min read
Published inThe Ploy: Stories for amusement·Nov 20, 2021CURSE OF SATIA curse so powerful or a coincidence that has been continuing for 5 generations ! “Religion carries two sorts of people in two entirely opposite directions: the mild and gentle people it carries towards mercy and justice; the persecuting people it carries into fiendish sadistic cruelty. Mind you, though this…India5 min readIndia5 min read
Published inThe Ploy: Stories for amusement·Oct 16, 2021Namesake Queen?Mere words are just another way to sell your misogynistic ideology ! “Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.” Telling something and doing the opposite has…Equality3 min readEquality3 min read
Published inThe Ploy: Stories for amusement·Sep 19, 2021Most Wanted !“We are the victims of the world’s most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It’s all right if we do a little robbing now.” ~ Maya Angelou We have heard millions and millions of stories on heist, robbery, fraud and scams of all levels. We have also heard about various…Scam4 min readScam4 min read
Published inThe Ploy: Stories for amusement·Jul 17, 2021SCAM Version 2.0 ?“Ab meri tarah Risk se ishq hai to kood pado, ya to duboge ya udoge” Dekho mein Cigarette nahi pita per jeb me lighter jarur rakhta hoon Dhamakka karne ke liye. Every one might have heard these quotes somewhere or the other or watched the show from which these were…Scam4 min readScam4 min read
Published inThe Ploy: Stories for amusement·May 15, 2021Cockroach the SaviorCan cockroaches be smart ? Can cockroaches be beautiful ? Can cockroaches be clean ? Can cockroaches save us ? Many of us are disgusted by cockroaches — in fact some might have already felt that while reading the above few line filled with its name. It might seem funny…Environment4 min readEnvironment4 min read
Published inThe Ploy: Stories for amusement·Apr 18, 2021MORE THAN A GOD PARTICLE‘’A particle that could change the laws of physics and the universe that is built based on them’’ — “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them and physics is imagination in a straight jacket”. Our universe is just a fascinating topic to think about, you can just go all day thinking about so many mysteries and magics that revolve around…Physics5 min readPhysics5 min read
Published inThe Ploy: Stories for amusement·Mar 7, 2021Poverty and PandemicWe long to return to normal, but **normal led to this**. To avert the future pandemics we know are coming, we MUST grapple with all the ways normal failed us. We have to build something better ! We all have completed our one year in this pandemic, a sudden stillness…Covid-193 min readCovid-193 min read