My Vivekananda Moment!

The ‘Uber’ application popped up the booked cab details. The name of the driver was interesting, ‘Nek’. While I was struggling to button my shirt in a rush, my mind afforded to spend little time to acknowledge the uniqueness of this name. The first impression which flashed in my mind was, it is ‘Nick’ and…

And they hanged Yakub..!

“They hanged Yakub,” proclaimed the headline of a leading newspaper on July 31st, 2015. In its wake, a chorus of self-proclaimed eminent intellectuals shed performative tears over what they termed a “casualty of humanity.” Reports indicated that nearly 15,000 people attended the funeral procession. The solemn national mourning for APJ Kalam on television was swiftly…