PADUKONES- OF FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS

I have mentioned somewhere in this blog that the Metro Newspaper, distributed free every morning in London and other major cities, is a firm favourite of mine. Belonging to the Daily Mail group, it is well laid out and professionally edited. Though printed only on weekdays, the paper’s area of interest is fairly wide and [...]

THE LEGEND OF THE TREE DWELLING COBRA

 

 
 
PART-1
With due apologies to the likes of Romulus Whitaker, Brady Barr, Jeff Corwin and Steve Irwin, snakes were never too popular with the average person. Yet, there is a universal fascination for these creatures, albeit cloaked in loathing and dread, the reason why the aforesaid gentlemen succeed in popping up on primetime TV. It also [...]

A RIVER CALLED TIME

It was in the early sixties. The Communist Party in India had just split in two, with the intellectuals and idealists lining up on one side and the street smart leaders with the majority of the cadre on the other. The first major war with Pakistan was just around the corner. US troops were considering [...]

Compulsory Disclosures

Namaste’. My friends who have visited this site insist that I should tell a little more about myself. There is nothing impressive to say. These many friends of mine call me Prithvi and I have known most of them from childhood and teens. More formally, I am Prithviraj Bhaskar Shankar. It is a very impressive [...]

Hello world!

Hello World…
I am an old-school man from southern India. The present finds me working my way through life in the large, historic and rather noisy city of London. I have been here for a few years now, adding to the accents, views, insecurities and other eccentricities in general. In the coming days, I aim to [...]