The Surname?

In response to my post, ” Silver Lining” a commentator observed,
” Dear Tamo Basanta, it will be more meaningful if you give examples of our role models as persons who are not the likes of Agatha Sangma or Sachin Pilot or Jyotiraditya Scindia… who had ready made ladders made by their fathers. Anyway, it’s [...]

Silver lining?

Probably by the time you guys read this, it would have been news already. Despite the turmoil that is going on in the north-east, there seems to be a trickle of hope somewhere – young, educated, dynamic people are slowly coming into politics and redefining the Indian polity.
I’m highly impressed by Agatha Sangma – yes, [...]

Election 2009

India goes to the polls today. Starting today, the biggest democracy in the world begins the mammoth task of installing a new government. Because of the sheer size and the logistics included, not to mention security concerns as well, the whole exercise has been split up into 5 phases, ending on the 13th of May.
This [...]

Technology

I just saw the Time Machine on TV last night and was wondering how technology has evolved through the years, more so within the last 5-10 years. With all kinds of gadgets for all sorts of purposes today, it is indeed a changed world today. Laptops, palmtops, ipods, pmps, PDAs, mobiles, navigators, digital cameras…the list [...]

The Elusive U-Morok

Although I do not relish the typical “Spicy” food, I do like my food with a pinch of salt and pepper. Chilies and those too green chillies in particular- are a favourite and I cannot do without them while having food. Any food I take seem to be incomplete without some form of chilies. Being [...]

Kevin Carter

“…the photo of a starving child in Sudan, ambling towards a releif camp several miles away, being followed by a vulture, waiting for it to die, which got Kevin Carter the Pulitzer Prize, but also haunted him so much that he committed suicide shortly after…

I was surfing through the net checking my mails to see [...]

THE 18 RULES

“…Here are 18 principles of life which are integral to my life and personality…”

Guests – the Welcomed Kinds !

It is part of Indian ethos and culture to treat guests as “Gods” and serve them as if you are serving the Almighty himself. “Atithi devo bhava”, so says the saying in sanskrit. However, as most of us, especially in cities, living in cramp places, fighting for everything from space to clean air to power [...]

Superstition still Rules

This morning while I was checking my mobile for missed calls and sms after coming out from the bathroom, I noticed that there was a missed call from a friend who is presently based in Guwahati but travels a lot throughout the North Eastern region as part of his job. When I checked the [...]

HELP !!!

Living in a city has its disadvantages and you need help. More specifically, domestic help. Back home in Imphal, the concept of engaging a domestic help to assist you in your household chores was almost non-existent, at least during the time we were growing up. But several factors- more importantly, economical and social, that [...]