How many people have enjoyed this dream and how many times before actual retirement? Too many. That’s a safe assumption. I have and still do. What does retirement mean? I guess, hunched backs, slow gaits, silvery or no hair and at least more than four decades of toil...

Sean Connery and Harrison Ford had not entered my fantasies as 007, Indiana Jones or Han Solo, yet. The idiot box was already a permanent fixture in our living room, but did not get the attention it never deserved, from me. I was an avid reader, and the TV was no...

It’s a fashion, fad. Some love it, some hate it. What is it about this flimsy contraption, that has made it so popular…and unpopular? I only used to see it with any regularity when I visited hospitals or medical centres, for myself or to see others. I didn’t like it,...

I am an ‘escapist’. It’s healthy. It is living. I’ll start with my verdict; of course, just my own. See if I can convince anyone else reading this. I stumbled upon the experience, sensation, feeling, almost a lifetime before I discovered the term. I mean the full...

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work another day in your life”                                                               Confucius Some say the above words were not uttered by the sage from ancient China, some say he did say it, but meant them...

Back to nostalgia, back to memories. ‘Sooriya Mara’: the Sinhala (Sri Lankan) name for it. ‘Albizia lebbeck’ is one of its scientific names as per Dr. Google. It doesn’t really matter. It’s the story that unfolded among its affectionate branches, that matters. It’s a...