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I have always felt that single roads require more skill to tackle. Recently, I was driving on a single road and the train of thoughts started journeying as I kept munching those miles. The vehicle in the opposite lane was far away and hence, I put my foot on the accelerator to overtake the vehicle in front of me. Just then, another vehicle from behind interrupted my flow and went ahead. On that very road ahead, when I overtook another vehicle, the distance between the vehicle I was overtaking and the one coming from the opposite end was lesser than before. I still managed to do it because the ones ahead of me and in the opposite lane cooperated. At another point, I started overtaking but I was not accelerating fast enough and even though it was safe to overtake, I stopped. If you have experienced any of these things, you must have realised that single roads can’t be managed without the cooperation of others. Of course, not everyone cooperates and you get to see all kinds of drive...

Oh, snap! The snapping sound which you know may have been heard by a lot of people when I broke the snap streak. Hang on! I will start from the start. A few months ago, I installed Snapchat and was kind of enjoying it. I was building long snap streaks with others (mostly my students). For those who don’t know what is a streak on snap: Streaks count how many consecutive days two people have been sending Snaps to each other. Every day they send a Snap their streak gets longer. Basically, it’s like a threat that keeps getting longer and longer. Also, many are very concerned about the continuity of streak. I remember once I had forgotten to send the snap when a student reminded me to put a snap as soon as possible so that the streak doesn’t break. I got bored of snapchat after a while and uninstalling was on my mind. Also, it was consuming quite some of my time throughout the day. The consumed time was spent on looking at snaps of other people (mostly black background photos with some ...

Ever wondered if we are one country or a country of countries? I keep wondering this at times when I put out facts about India’s linguistic angle. India doesn’t have a national language. The thought behind it, I think, is valid too: you can’t really have/enforce a national language when a little more than half the population speaks it. If you look at other countries of the world, the entire country speaks one language (the dialect varies but they belong to the same language). In India, we have multiple languages – 121 to be precise and these are just by grouping all dialects into one main language – and each linguistic group feels dearly about their language. It is fair enough considering that language binds us to our roots and people. Indian states were formed on the basis of language to make it easier to govern people speaking the same language. The same language assures maximum similar culture and the administration becomes easier. Of course, over the years people have migrated ...