My friend, Cindy Maia Oden, wrote and sang this song. It is about Joe, her father, a tall handsome silent man, a gentleman I was fortunate to have known. I […]

This essay, by my friend Rajeev Purnaiya, is a reminiscence of games from his early school days at Bishop Cottons.  What is a game? The world may tell you that […]

The below poem, Madras, is by Sangamitra Nataraj, my friend Natty’s daughter. Madras The word reminds meOf a vast dome of blue sky Whose sultry silence Is unbroken But for […]

My father, Dr. B. Gopalakrishnan, passed away on the 14th of January this year, due to complications in the lungs.  He was 84.  His suffering, I am glad to say, […]

My friend, Anand Kumar, was recently invited to attend a function to celebrate the 50th birthday of a childhood friend, another Kumar.  Coincidentally, it was also the occasion of this […]