Brendan Dabhi

LATEST ARTICLES ( 183 )

• Hang the Blundering Bowler!

  

  The 19th of October, 2013 was a very interesting day for Indian cricket. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli’s thunderous innings against the Australia... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• VolksWagon Durga

  

  So it’s that time of the year again when people who are neutral to both parties, have to decide where to go; to Garba or to Durga Puja. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Perilous Day-dreaming Syndrome

  A very dangerous habit, this day-dreaming syndrome, as I came to realize through the horrible experience of an unfortunate friend. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Youthfest Chronicles #3 – The Event

  

  If you managed to read the previous two installations of this series, you’ll know that we were still hard at practice for the first stage of the competition. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Youthfest Chronicles #2 – The Hullabaloo

  It’s been about two weeks and a half that the invite for the youthfest reached our college. Since then it has been just noise and chaos in the institute, mixed... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Oh Uncle!

  I recently celebrated by 21st birthday. I was happy, I was feeling responsible, I was feeling like a real man. But then the kid happened. And my happiness was... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Youthfest Chronicles #1 – The Notice

  It’s that time of the year again when a multitude of college from all over the country get together to participate in what is possibly the biggest student... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Mystery of the Disappearing Blogger

  The following story is my first attempt at fiction. I submitted it to the Coffee Beans Competition and won. My very first Story-writing Award! Here is the... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Light After Dark

  

  It’s one of the best Sundays this year is going to have for me, or so I think. I can hardly believe my good fortune. I was not surprised that I didn't make it... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• A State of Mind

  I’m sure a lot of people reading this post will have heard this phrase on the news in context of the poor, so eloquently spoken by our very own Rahulbaba. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• India Under Attack

  It has recently come to my notice that our great country, India, is a sovereign nation. I was surprised at this revelation. I always thought we were an open... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Give Me Your Money… in the Name of God!

  Yesterday, I was sitting and talking to a friend outside a McDonald's when this incident took place. There came along a woman in a shining red albeit a well-wor... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Shift

  It is now three months that I started blogging and the initial fervour is not exactly starting to die down like I thought it would. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Student Union OR Student Nuisance?

  It is said that unions are built to effectively oppose the unjust policies of employers. Unions are built to look over the welfare of workers. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Scorned Ones.

  

  I recently heard a piece of news that shocked me just as much as it disgusted me. The news was that 8 primary school children were thrown out of a school becaus... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Into the August Rains…

  

  If you live in India, you’ll know that the month of August is filled with religious and cultural occasions and thus there are holidays galore, in both; offices... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Do We Need Superheroes?

  

  Image Courtesy: Google Images.Recently, there has been a spate of superhero movies being released in Hollywood; The Ironman series, the Dark Knight series, the... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Death, I Choose You!

  

  Immortality, however tempting the concept may be, is still something to be well thought out. Given that there is a choice in the matter. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Divide and Rule?

  It was a very pleasant day in my city yesterday. No sun, just a layer of clouds, a gentle breeze and a slight drizzle outdoors. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Night of Recurring Horror...

  

  It was a semi-cloudy night in July 2011. The three of us had just finished dinner in the hostel mess and were walking around in the campus after-hours. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION