Author: Ravi Subramanian
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Fury of the FOG and the lesson learnt…
Late evening on Friday, I was travelling by car from Delhi to Agra, to attend the Taj Literary Festival. Driving on the New Yamuna Expressway was a pleasure. I was going to Agra for the first time and was quite excited about it. A few minutes into the drive, I got to know, through twitter…
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BANK MANAGER COMMITS SUICIDE – WILL WE BOOK THE DEFAULTERS NOW?
“Did you really want to die?” “No one commits suicide because they want to die.” “Then why do they do it?” “Because they want to stop the pain.” This quote by Tiffanie DeBartolo brings to fore the pain behind a suicide. Any death is painful, and more so if the death cuts short a life…
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Jayakumar and Lingammal – Role Models
Prema Jayakumar, daughter of a migrant Autorickshaw driver in Mumbai, secured 607/800 in her CA exams and topped. As a double whammy, her brother Dhanraj too cleared the CA exams at the same time. A proud moment indeed for a family which lived on a meagreincome of 15K pm (though the son also earned some…