Articles by Amol Kaur
The Delhi Government and Delhites welcomed Odd-Even with skepticism, criticism and by the end of fifteen days, applause and relief. Isn’t it a little odd that even before it all began, people (some of them who do not even live in Delhi) were up in arms and calling Our CM names and all. I live Read more about ODD EVEN[…]
I realize that I am not the only person to have come in support of Amir Khan. And no, he is not my favourite actor, nor am I a minority supporter. So now that we have the preliminaries sorted, I can write about issues which irk my nerves almost every day. I came back home Read more about We are That and More… ![…]
The physical, emotional and educational distances that I have covered in the last three years are more than I ever thought I was capable of. The journey within and without has been life-altering. In the last couple of months itself, I have lost weight, gained a few more grey hair… there are days I believe Read more about Going the distance…[…]
I am not an ideal friend… not even close to it. Over the years, I have become withdrawn and perhaps more comfortable in my own skin. I don’t exist to please people, but I don’t mean to necessarily offend them either. I spend most of my days alone… I work, I travel around, but the Read more about I – The Ignominious Friend[…]
What is it that we are seeking ? Nothing lasts forever… No illusion worth keeping… We die a little every day Come tomorrow and we are at it again… Oh Yes, Gadgets tell us everything But, Life happens when we look around and dive within A ‘Like’ is a reason to smile, a ‘Comment’ makes Read more about The Hollow Men[…]
Delhi has been kind to me… so far so good… I have travelled in a tightly packed metro… with no room to even adjust my elbow without inviting glares… I have started cooking again… much to my surprise… I have made different/unconventional curries (which my PG mates have a good laugh at), rajma rice, paneer, Read more about Delly-Belly 1[…]
Ever since I became conscious of the fact that the world is not all flair and roses, I knew that to spend some decent years here would be more like locking horns with a bull… it would suck every ounce of the energy… As if growing up (which involved going through the puberty phase, raging Read more about Love in the time of holler-a…[…]
Tomorrow is my last day at Strivers, my workplace and from July 1, I will be known as someone who ‘once’ used to teach there but now no longer does… It goes without saying that I am a little off… the last six and a half months have been awesome, tiring, educative, lovely… and Wow… Read more about Strivers…[…]
Every year Father’s Day comes and passes me by… and this time around as well, I was oblivious to its hype and hullabaloo … I still do not understand how a single day becomes The Day to celebrate a person or his place in our lives… That is perhaps why I am losing interest in Read more about This Father’s Day…[…]
I have started taking a rickshaw on my way to work every morning… because of two reasons… one, that he gets to earn, the plight of rickshaw pullers is known to all… but if I stop bragging and for once stop giving a social work angle to every story, the other reason is that I have started going Read more about The Rickshaw Chronicles…[…]