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The Top 10 Grad Experiences

By Sandeep Mukherjee

“Looks! Brains! Determination!

What else do you need?

Grad School !”

That’s what the ETS brochure reads and I wonder…

“Looks!” It’s hard to argue against the notion that we all possess looks. After all, no claim is made to the effect of those looks on beholders.

“Brains!” Here again, that each one of us actually possesses a brain is indisputable. And absolutely no reference to the ability or usage of the brain is made thereby making the statement indisputable.  More...

Scenes from a Pakistani Restaurant

By Anupendra Sharma

“Yeh Hindu hai. Yeh meat nahi kaat-ta”. (He is Hindu, he doesn’t cut meat) announced the Shere restaurant manager with pride to the team in the kitchen. 

I had just started work one hour ago, on a typical grey, wet Saturday afternoon in Rusholme, the Pakistani section of Manchester , England. More...

The Portrait of a Lady

By Sayon Majumdar 

She has always been associated with my earliest memories of Pilani. Even in those days I was enchanted by her poise, her grace and those lovely warm deep-brown eyes. I've always suspected that it was those eyes that enthralled me.

In my first few days, I was compelled to go down on my knees and profess my undying love for her. One day I caught, or imagined I saw, a twinkle in her eyes and the hint of a smile. But I never got an answer to my proposal. More...

The Making of a Cactus Flower Article

By Sandeep Dath

The circumstances were just right. Yes, that's it. The circumstances. Just right. I was in India , specifically in Pilani. I was, as the metaphor goes, totally vela in life and therefore extremely susceptible to ridiculous suggestions. That was why, when a bespectacled pimply youth asked me to pen an article for Cactus Flower, I hitched up my trousers, pulled up my socks and fell asleep in his room. More...

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