Author Archives: Zephyr
Is a degree holder really ‘educated’?
I leave it to you to decide whether a degree provides its holder ‘edification’ and ‘culture’ — two of the words thrown up by the thesaurus to define education.
Shooting down stereotypes
Old stereotypes as far as men are concerned still exist to a large extent and have not completely given way to the new, caring men. But they know in their hearts that the change in the society is irreversible and the more gracefully they accept it, and the sooner they accept it, the better it would be for both sexes.
Are you alone or lonely?
Being alone is a physical condition, while being lonely is entirely a mental condition.
An afternoon with friends
The Indiblogger Meet in Delhi last Sunday was one great party. But I have realized one thing: I need several such meets to get to know and remember the huge number of bloggers in Delhi. So when is the next one, Inditeam?
A handful of sand
What does a handful of sand have to do with love, relationships and raising children?
One sleepy post
If I lose an hour’s sleep, I need to sleep an extra three hours to make up the deficit. So if I stay awake say, till midnight one day, I need an extra nine hours’ sleep to make it up. Others need their work-outs, gym and yoga or tonics to keep fit; I need my snoooooooooze.
The long and short of a hairy tale
When I was finally forced to cut my Rapunzel locks short, I refused to look at it lying on the floor – a final parting of ways. Or was it?
Tricky teen-talk
A vital aspect of the teen years is communication — or the lack of it. Simply put, they don’t want to communicate. I swear we had taught both the brats how to talk and answer questions when they were small! But I don’t know what went wrong and why they stopped talking, rather ‘didn’t want to talk about it’.
Are the ‘power’ful women listening?
The headline jumped at me from the newspapers in the morning — India is second only to Afghanistan in gender bias and consequently crimes against women in South Asia. Though it makes me mad, I am not going to write about gender inequality. There are more qualified feminist and other blogs that would do a great job of it. I am in no mood for the routine male bashing, in-laws bashing, marriage bashing, tradition and culture bashing, religion bashing, Khap…all touted as being the causes for the state that women in our country are in. I am mad at an entirely different thing. Read the post and tell me if my anger is justified or not.
Some vignettes
Sitting by the Ganga, I feel a kinship with her. She is my soulmate, providing tranquility to my clamorous mind.
When the Leopard came calling…
The other day an sms growled at me: ‘Could you do a guest post for my blog? You can write on anything,’ ( in corresponding sms lingo of course) Now if you are wondering how an sms can growl and if I have some latest gadget that allows ‘speaking sms’ or something, let me enlighten […]
A lesson never learnt
We were supposed to be laughing or at least smiling. Crunch, crunch…The popcorn kept us awake as we waited with bated breath for the comedy scenes to begin.
The immortal Voice of Silences
Jagjit Singh took ghazals out of exclusive mehfils and brought them within the reach of the common man. His voice was like honey — flowing smoothly and soothing the heart of the listener. His demise has created a void that will be hard to fill….
The Cybernag 
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