August 2012 | ManipalBlog

65 years and yet . . . The North South Divide

Why do you separate as North Indian and South Indian, we all are Indians and there is no much difference between us.

Exactly why North Indians and South Indians love to look down upon each other is beyond me, and the collective society at large. It may have something to do with hackneyed stereotypes that have, courtesy being reiterated and reinforced over time, distorted people’s perception of the other side to a most twisted extent. This divide… Continue reading 65 years and yet . . . The North South Divide

Manipal, Let’s Redefine India: Virtually There- V2

The Spirit of Janmashtami . . . Why not celebrate it all year long every year?

After VT-V1, I got some reviews saying that I brag a lot about Manipal. Well, I welcome healthy comments wholeheartedly, so in VT-V2, I’ll try to sneak Manipal feeling in, without mentioning Manipal anywhere( oops, did I mention Manipal again!) Welcome to Virtually There (VT) – V2, version two, let’s try discovering our power! Who hasn’t… Continue reading Manipal, Let’s Redefine India: Virtually There- V2

Hanumangundi | July 1 2012

Football in the Western Ghats - On the road from TAPMI, Manipal to Hanumangundi, Kudremukh

This was one of the rides that will have the purists, the operationally efficient, the OCD possessed, the travel paranoid go nodding their head in savage I-told-you-so nods. It had been a while (we didn’t realise amidst the rushed lives of turning into corporate conformists). Just decided, will step out and was trying to beg,… Continue reading Hanumangundi | July 1 2012

The Kingdom of Clouds | 22nd July: The Road to Khudremukh

Clouds and Mist greet the weary traveler on the road to Kudremukh

EPISODE 2012 was on. And a sunday stealthily springs up on us. Surprise, surprise: no classes or guest Lectures. We have a day that we don’t know what to do with! [Of course assignments, projects and deadlines loom ahead but we haven’t learnt the art of last-minute-panic-time-management for nothing]. So…how to perfectly waste a perfectly… Continue reading The Kingdom of Clouds | 22nd July: The Road to Khudremukh

The Simplest of Trips | 21 July 2012 : Malpe Beach

Birds drawn to the beach in search of fresh fish brought in by the Fishermen

It was the last day of the first series of exams after we crept and crawled into the second year of this labor-intensive, rigor rich academics called PGDM. No one had any particular reason to celebrate , no one (among us) had topped the exam, some might have crashed but that was not going to… Continue reading The Simplest of Trips | 21 July 2012 : Malpe Beach