His last message to me was a literary joke about what Shakespeare said to a Nurse, when she came to vaccinate him. On April 10th, I was pleading with him to get vaccinated and not to return to Delhi. He was in Shimla for a short visit to his hometown…

While working in Noida’s Film City, a couple of years ago, I was ashamed to watch the tele-prompters playing hate filled scripts by some of the anchors who happened to be my media colleagues, and some good friends, sitting across in cubicles. The studios were being used by a few…

The Unforgettable Agony That The Virus Gave This Generation… As the pandemic fades away in a couple of months or years, there will be seldom a person we know who who may not have been infected by the virus or fallen prey to it. The year 2020 has taken lives…

I’m sitting in Gurgaon’s Hard Rock Cafe with 35 fans of Indian cricket idol Virat Kohli. They’re the lucky ones invited by FanBox, a social engagement app by tech startup Privy Plex. Some cops enter and sanitize the place. The cafe is in the heart of Cyber Hub, where about…

(Written on March 2, 2018 — The Day of Holi). Dateline: New Delhi. Location: Domestic Lounge of Indira Gandhi International Airport As am writing this post I can feel a congestion in my nasal passages. Last night was worse. Woke up at 3 a.m. from persistent coughing. Apparently the air…

“Are you scared,” I ask Rizwan, my colleague, who has turned up at work almost five days after Friday’s incident, where 49 people were killed in a local mosque. “To tell you the truth, Yes I am,” he confides in me. “But not for me, am scared for my wife…

As the protagonist slithers the throat of a villain in cold blood, a crowd full of Indian students, erupts in claps. …

It’s a toy for short distance joyrides that’s being sprinkled by unicorn startups across hundreds of city centres and tourist hubs around the world. And it is dubbed to be the next big disruptor in last mile transportation around the world, even giving competition to the short distance taxi rides. …

As I write this blog, I wonder whether my job as a business writer will be overtaken in the future by software programs. Already, the job of business analysts and financial report writers is in jeopardy. …