Jairammohan

LATEST ARTICLES ( 560 )

• A Letter to My Best Friend…

  

  Dear Television,I know it has been quite a while since I have sat with you for an extended period of time and enjoyed your company. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Cyclist – 55 Fiction

  

  Lance Armstrong cycled because he wanted to win, I cycle because I have to.Kids cycle to have fun, enjoy the weather, I cycle irrespective of rain or... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The One Piece of Paper…

  

  This is a story set in Bengal of 1773, immediately after a famine [Link to Wikipedia article]. While the basis of the story is in fact, a lot of fiction has bee... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Bag – 55 Fiction

  

  He ran fast and hard, huffing, he made his way through the narrow lane onto the road leading straight home. They were after his bag, and they would not give... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Childhood Dreams…

  

  As a youngster growing up in 1980s India, I was absolutely enamored by the exploits of Wing Cmdr Rakesh Sharma [Link to Wikipedia article], the first Indian in... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Welcome Back Old Friend – 55 Fiction

  

  You are never too far away, just one ice cream, just one chilled juice, just one cold shower away, aren’t you? And you had to pick Friendship Day, of all the... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Make a Wish…

  

  This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 40; the fortieth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Those Were the Best Days of My Life!!!

  

  Every time I see the college and the adjacent wedding hall bang opposite my home, I feel nostalgic about the old times. There used to be a reasonably large... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Virtual Networking – How Much is Enough?

  

  For the past couple of years now I have endlessly wondered how much of virtual networking is sufficient for normal people like you and me. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Ambi Pur – Escape into Freshness

  

  Now anybody who has ever been in Chennai during its annual rainy season of June and July will realize the full import of this particular post. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Lesson from History…

  

  Setting: 3100 BC, ancient Sumerian civilizationPerson: Hammu, a farmerOne fine day Hammu cleans up his granary where he stores all the cereals. Given that the... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Learning by Doing Or Doing After Learning…

  

  One question which has always bugged me regarding parenting is ‘how much is enough?’ At what stage, or at what juncture do parents need to stop ‘parenting’ thei... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Wolverine – Movie Review

  

  What follows is a SPOILER FREE (ie, no plot points have been disclosed) review of “The Wolverine”================What is good about “The Wolverine” is that... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Tring-Tring, the Phone Rang…

  

  Tring-Tring, the phone rang…!Watson didn’t quite know how to react when the telephone rang. Although this was what his boss, AGB had been burning midnight oil,... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Let the Buyer Beware…

  

  When we spend 50 ps to buy ourselves a candy, we are not too worried about what candy we buy. When we spend 10 bucks to buy ourselves a chocolate bar, we are... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Pacific Rim … Taking You to the Edge

  

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  Posted on 23 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Man Behind the Mask

  

  Ok, you saw the videos, you see the picture above, now tell me what links Gollum (Lord of the Rings series and The Hobbit series), King Kong, Caesar (Rise of th... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lead Kindly Light

  

  “Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th’encircling gloom,Lead Thou me on!The night is dark, and I am far from home,Lead Thou me on!Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Road Trip to Wayanad…memories

  

  The memories of that one lovely weekend in July 2006 when five of us (a pair of cousins, three B School batch-mates, a pair of friends for life) decided to driv... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Chemistry Lessons Anyone…

  

  This weekend I finally got around to watching ‘Urumi’, the Malayalam movie made by Santosh Sivan [Link to Wikipedia article]. While the fact remains that this... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION