Somnatheswar, rangoli art by my daughter.

Tuition fee Rs 25 per head…

Are you surprised seeing the amount? But its the fact. It's not that it was a big amount then; because tuition teachers charged Rs 200 per subject. But without any professional qualification earning was a big thing. Yes, I took tuition.As per the education policy, one must learn the language of the state one resides....

Philosophical mood swings…

 Have you ever tried writing or thinking when your mind is blank? No, then try it. You start getting thousands of silly thoughts which are not related to each other and make you go mad. As if all your thoughts are getting sucked into a big black hole fixed somewhere at the back of your...

Difficult to pen it down…

Language you speak and the language you write, are poles apart. Give me audience and thoughts flow out through my mouth, but give me a pen or say in modern times a keyboard and I stumble. Since childhood I am fascinated by the great writers - How do they write, do they use dictionary to...