Farrukh Dhondy

Mar 31, 2010
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Farrukh Dhondy

Dancing on graves

“Their quests for inner knowledge For knowing themselves, For prosperity, peace, universalAwareness... were no moreThan all the avatars Of idleness.”
From Dodo ka Dookh by Bachchoo

Google catches Australian couple 'having sex on road'

Sydney: An Australian couple shot to fame on social media on Thursday after an image of them having sex by the side of a rural highway made it onto Google Street View, sparking speculation it was a s

Prosecuting the Devil in Asia, Africa

“If she says you don’t love her
Don’t praise her perceptiveness.”
From Trolley Sermons by Bachchoo

Rahul charts own growth path

Ignoring the debate over prime ministerial candidates and power centres in political parties, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said Thursday the people were supreme as they alone could change a co

BSNL: Cable faults may affect Net accessibility

State-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) said on Saturday that its subscribers may be facing problems in accessing broadband and Internet services due to breakdown of international cables.

The Hack List

“To Do is to Be — Rene Descartes
To Be is to Do — Karl Marx
Do Be Do Be Do — Frank Sinatra”
From Discovered Graffiti (Ed. by Bachchoo)

Horses for courses

“Clouds, the memories,
From which the rain fell”
From the Joostajoo of Jesterji by Bachchoo

Empowering parents

Money can’t buy you everything, and certainly not time with your kids. Young, working, urban parents are forever fighting for time. And then, there are other problems like the lack of family support in nuclear set-ups, financial hassles and issues pertaining to the overall all development of their children. So, they are forever trying to deal with guilt and anxiety.

Revisiting history

“Meditation is a form of idleness
Inactivity dissolves the final dread.”
From Songs of Nepenthe by Bachchoo

For the love of politics or literature?

“Your last wish
Cannot be a wish for wishes
Though some ocean creatures
Do swallow other fishes.”
From The Ghazals of Golmal
by Bachchoo

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