prashant's blog

Going to the prison is a dreaded thought for any man used to living in civilized society. But what if the prison has been closed more than 50 years ago and has been turned into a tourist attraction.

Long since I had a desire to visit the HQ of Oracle and now was the chance to fulfill it.

The Indian Hockey team is assured of a podium finish for the first time in CWG. We have been Olympic champions once upon a time and world champion sometime in the past.

The FIFA world cup final is on. Spain and Netherlands are fighting nect-to-neck without either of the teams hitting the nets.

So it was just 5 days to be counted and my last weekend in Japan.

I entered the shop and all of a sudden was addressed by another shopper ‘Namaste’. It was an old occidental man in Black Jeans and orange T-shirt, folding his hands in Indian way.

हजारों ख्वाहिशें ऐसी कि हर ख्वाहिश पे दम निकले (thousands of breath-taking wishes are there) and this was certainly the one which could have taken the breath away – literally – that of playing with an