A friend of mine once said "If you know something worth sharing and you don't, it is an unpardonable crime"

In my blog, I try to share whatever I know, feel, experience, question and think, hoping I don't stand accused of the very same crime.

A word of caution though. I do tend to overemphasize certain issues which we Indians would rather sweep under the carpet. But in my defense, I am an Indian, and also believe that the truth never hurt anybody. Even though I don't wear my patriotism on my sleeve, I challenge anybody to prove my intentions otherwise. I recieve mails asking why I pick only on Indians when the rest of the world too is just as imperfect. My answer is simple.
I don't care about the rest of the world. If by my posts, some good or change, as intended, occurs, we all benefit.

Over the years I have become very cynical, so read my blog at your own peril as
- You will first hate me
- Then you will hate yourself and others around you

But hopefully we will all be the better by it.

Pee in the sink

It saddens me to see essentials in disarray and a state of disuse

Take the case of any government hospital. We often read that essential equipment, so critical to the well being of the poor, are usually non-functional.

In most cases these are due to very simple and easily fixable reasons. Goverment hospitals have a lengthy and often useless procedure to undertake even the most basic maintenence and repair. Due to this and several other reasons like corruption and the basic ineptitude of the concerned people, essential equipment are allowed to decay and become useless.

A bunch of us meet as often as time permits, pack our tools and head to a pre-fixed hospital or government organisation.

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I love photography. I belong to the era of B&W 'Click 3'. It was fun times then. I had to build my own enlarger. I had a darkroom where I dabbled with developing and printing. The tension of not knowing if your negatives will develop properly and the magic of seeing your prints form are beyond description. I have even repaired SLR's, DLR's, Rangefinder cameras etc. The digital age took away the mystery, but let me mate another passion of mine, flying, with photography.

I build giant kites, harness a digital camera to the tow line, fly the whole contraption and shoot amazing aerial photos.

If you are interested, mail me. You can either start off on your own or join me on one of my shoots.

Some photos