There are a lot of people who do not conform. The sometimes do not do well academically in school, office, either marry late or marry badly, some marry ‘outside’ the community,….there are many non-conformist. To me the non-conformist is an enigma. Dr. Balamurali Krishna (he has all the awards other than the Bharat Ratna) is […]
Long ago when a good friend of mine was learning the basics of astrology, his father (and teacher) gave him a horoscope and asked him for his opinion. He said “it is a lousy horoscope” – this guy has no marriage, he will never own a house, he will not amass wealth, ….”. His father […]
Indian elite (with whom I deal) is an amazing lot. I frankly do not know about people in other countries, so let me speak for Indians alone. We like to complain about – poor service of trains, poor roads, corruption, high taxation, poor policing, poor state machinery, pathetic infrastrucutre in general, fall in the education […]