Air Force Day does something strange to an air veteran. For most of the year, life moves on in its ordinary rhythm. The uniform has long been folded away, postings are memories, and the people with whom one once shared almost every waking hour are scattered across the country. Then comes Air Force Day, and … Continue reading An Air Veteran Remembers
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Bus Journey 1984 vs Metro Travel 2024 (Pt-2)
Continued from previous post (The reasons and explanations for certain words being marked with * are given at the end) We could hear the roof top passengers banging the roof signaling the driver to stop. The cleaner signaled* and shouted at the driver to stop. Then he shouted at the rooftop passengers when the bus … Continue reading Bus Journey 1984 vs Metro Travel 2024 (Pt-2)
Bus Journey 1984 vs Metro Travel 2024
Photo credit: reddit user KKthebookworm Sometimes when I travel by the Metro in Bengaluru, a few memories of bus travel during my college days come as vivid flashbacks - particularly the way people rush to reserve the seat and enter into the coach. There is an art to it and I am as unskilled in … Continue reading Bus Journey 1984 vs Metro Travel 2024
Back after a long gap
waiting for sunrise: serenity beach Puducherry I know I have written so few blog posts in the last three years. My last post was way back in August 2023. It is not that I have not been writing. But the things I have written, mostly official things, though in volumes, are destined to gather dust. … Continue reading Back after a long gap
