Facebook Facebook has taken the world by storm. It is an inter-cultural phenomena spanning all the continents and encompassing people of different ages. Facebook promises to help you connect and share with your friends and your family. Facebook was originally modeled on the lines of the physical Facebook that used to be published at the beginning of the academic year in University in order to get the students to know each...

Healthy Competition How would we know where we stand or how much we have learnt unless we compete? Competition is necessary to test our knowledge, our skills. The world is not a cocoon, quite the contrary; it is like the rough sea and everyone who is better than us is a predator. Competition builds character and it prepares us for the world outside. In life, you cannot be a winner every...

The Sms Generation I am proud to belong to the sms generation. My grandpa always laughs at me. He says my generation spends more time ‘smsing’ each other than actually talking. Grandpa does not know how to sms. He feels that texting is a waste of time that could be used more constructively. Grandpa doesn’t know that ‘smsing’ is almost like learning a new language where most vowels are skipped, numbers...

Living Your Dream Uncle Sam was not very well to do. Every year, he wore the same coat he had worn for his brother’s wedding twenty years ago but no one seemed to care. Uncle Sam was still the star of Christmas cheer and no family gathering could be complete without him. Uncle Sam was by no means ordinary. He lived his life on his terms and everybody saluted him for...

If I Were President? The first thing I would do as President of India is educate the masses. India’s biggest problem is its bludgeoning population. Poverty, crime, corruption all stem from this one problem. Land is finite and unless India takes a step to curb its population which seems to grow at the rate of infinity, we will go back to being a poor nation. The next thing I would do...

A Canine’s Life My name is Silky. I am six years old. That makes me 60 years old by human standards. My master’s name is Sunny. I love my life. I wake up in the morning and nudge my master awake. It’s time to answer nature’s call. Sunny sleepwalks me to the door and lets me out. On the way back he even pours my breakfeast cereal and dives back under...

My Fascination with Cooking I lived with Grandmother Angeline and watched her as she moved incessantly between pots and pans. We were a large family and although there were other women in the house, the kitchen was Grandmother’s domain and I was the only one allowed inside it. When kids played with bats and balls I played with spoons and forks. Grandma says that she knew when I was seven years...

Chocolates: My Sweet Addiction The very thought of chocolates makes my mouth water. I love all kinds of chocolates. My mother teases me by saying that I don’t have a sweet tooth but several sweet teeth. When I went to high school, mom started giving me money to buy lunch at the school canteen. Instead of buying food, I would buy chocolates. Soon, I got used to eating chocolates for lunch....