Papa, Dad, Abba, Father of such significance to your child like you no other. You create life: a son or a daughter with your better half the significant other parent: Mamma, Mom, Aayi, Mother Biology & evolution such is nature your drive to procreate spread your genetic matter the unison of X’s & Y’s the … Continue reading Happy Father’s Day

Four decades & more such a lofty vision: Let Nature be our Healer so nourishing the mission. Come one, come all rich-&-poor, doors wide open at the Jindal Nature Institute on Tumkur Main Rd, Bangalore. So many shades of colors & greens: Plants, trees, fruits, & organic veggies so naturally clean. Curved paved pathways, the … Continue reading Let Nature be our Healer

Dedicated to the stellar faculty, staff, & cohort who made the Stanford EPGC 2018 program such a memorable experience. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To start-grow-manage a business without losing the plot, we could all use some tips, a few weeks at Stanford? Sure, why not? California, the Golden state: Shoreline, wine, cheese, & the sun. Silicon valley what … Continue reading Learning amidst oaks, arches, & arcades

My dear daughter, this is my mother, my first parent, her husband the other. I was created by her, of her, within her, wouldn’t have made it so far, without her. The absolute love for me, from her, is my onward pledge to you, for her. So many little habits I notice about her, these … Continue reading This, my Daughter, is your Grandmother

Dedicated to my nephew Ankur & his friends: https://m.facebook.com/thesilkroadexpedition/ --------------------------------------------------------- 105 days, thousands of miles traveled, an Indian, a French, & an Italian: 3 Younglings marvelled at such marvellous sights on such a formative journey, such memories they created: Mostly joyful, some teary. Venice-to-Beijing: Soft to stark landscape, we want more of this spot, this … Continue reading Boys to men: The road less traveled

Almighty Democracy, your empowering definition! So glad you exist, we thank our forefathers for your creation. The rights you grant us, the freedom to congregate, so we can deliberate, & in peace demonstrate. India & the US, nations alive by your rules, farmers marching to Mumbai, children marching out of US schools, both yearning for … Continue reading Farmers and children march in March

Such a woman are you: Gorgeous & kind, an incredible creature, hard to duplicate or find. ’Tis our sheer luck, natural selection favoured you, if not, where would we be? Cherished moments few. Such a woman are you: Here to love, procreate, & bind, that look in your eyes as you gaze: Cheerful & kind. … Continue reading Such a woman are you…

Vibrant India: A land of promises, tropical weather, how the cold I miss. Scorching summers, always dusty, salty air along the coast, even stainless steel gets rusty. In this climate, why all this facial hair? Hair's an insulator, dude how come you don't care? About all that heat, on your head & on your face, … Continue reading India don’t need no lumberjack

Boys, or are we men? When... ...we create opportunities for memories. Such deliberate opportunities to bond, share, drink, & when high, so bold narrate to our brethren our formative past, our unfolding present, & what the future may hold. So honest & pure these moments when we bare it all, no fear of rise nor … Continue reading Caramelised vodka, Saigon, & such…