Author Archives: Zephyr
Being a Surrogate Mother – I
The boys had always wanted a pet – a puppy. But one thing and another prevented us from having one. We were both working, lived in small flats, and the most important reason of them all — I felt uneasy with animals — even adorable, domesticated ones. And then Joey came home and I became a surrogate mother!
My Mobile Journey
Everyone knows that technical gizmos become obsolete faster than you can say ‘obsolete.’ True to his nature, I caught the L&M staring at his first mobile phone reflectively one day. I did a handstand and a cartwheel for good measure in the next room. I was going to get his old handset now!
The Gentle Giant – Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri’s convocation address to the students of Aligarh Muslim University delivered forty six years ago in 1964, is uncannily relevant to a nation today that stands polarized on trivial issues, when larger nation-building challenges are facing it. Jai Jawan! Jai Kisan!
Children in TV ads – cute or insolent?
The latest KBC ad features kids who are boisterous, but mouthy nevertheless. At a time when many of the values are either being discarded or frowned upon as being ‘old-fashioned’, TV ads are adding their mite to the problem by featuring insolent kids.
Look who’s talking about saving the environment!
India is among many countries whose culture still advocates eco-friendly customs and practices. Let us take a look at how things were before we ‘imported’ the very things that are threatening the environment the world over today and how we can at least partially return to those customs.
MTV, Brats and me
I never realised that I would ever miss the infernal MTV. After all those years begging the brats to shut the noise off, I should have been happy. But I felt miserable.The silence was getting to me….
Child abuse — has anything changed?
Children are increasingly becoming the victims of every kind of crime. What is even more disturbing is the fact that they are themselves becoming the perpetrators of the abuse and other crimes against other children, be it rape or murder. My heart goes out to the parents who send their children to school everyday, not knowing which beast is lurking around the corner. Creating awareness to protect the children and noise enough to scare the criminals are the only solutions in sight.
The Commonwealth Camouflage
While every Indian feels justifiably proud of hosting a sporting event of this magnitude, the costs in terms of human misery and economic resources cannot be either ignored or wished away.
An Open Letter to Vijay Mallya
It sounds mighty impressive for passengers to be called ‘guests’ by the Kingfisher Airlines, but it is all cosmetic, with no real substance to the term.
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Fat to Fit and Vice Versa
Almost everyone goes on a diet at some point in their lives or the other. But the L&M is unique — he keeps going on them all the time and how!
Social justice: Can two wrongs make a right?
An eye for an eye is fine so long as the perpetrator is losing the eye, not someone who has to pay for the sins of their species. That’s what bugs me.
When I Jumped from the Frying Pan…..
One has to admit that there was variety in commuting in the capital: One could travel by the ordinary DTC and be crushed; or one could take one of the ‘special’ buses and get squeezed into a pulp, or one could travel by the ‘Mudrika’ and get suffocated or then one could go by one of the private buses and hang on to dear life!
The Cybernag 
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