On a lazy Sunday afternoon, a nice movie on television beckons. However, Achilles is calling too, from the lines of the immortal Iliad! Enrolled in a course on ancient Greek heroes being run by Harvard University on the Edx platform, I have in the past year discovered the pleasure of knowledge. MOOCs – Massive Open…
A walk through Central Park
On a balmy summer evening, with a serene lake littered with ducks and tortoises, reflecting majestic New York skyscrapers as a backdrop, I watched as a wedding took place. The couple, surrounded by a small group of people, was taking vows while the minister blessed them. The minister announced “you may now kiss”. The two…
Beyond comfort zones
Sitting in the hired car, I asked the driver casually, ‘You understand Hindi or English?” In the rear view mirror, he threw a blank look at me and said a long winding sentence in Malayalam. “I do not understand Malayalam. You know where to go don’t you?” I asked. To my horror, he looked blankly…
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