Year: 2026

Knowing When to Walk Away: The Dhoni Question

If MS Dhoni announces his retirement today, how many eyebrows would really rise? For years, he was celebrated for his timing — behind the stumps, in front of them, and in the split-second decisions that defined his greatness. Perhaps the hardest decision, even for the sharpest minds, is knowing when to walk away. As Vijay … Read the essay

𝗩𝗶𝗷𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

Today’s election jolt from Tamil Nadu: Vijay, cinema idol, surges into politics with a landslide win. His name rings out—TV, headlines, YouTube, WhatsApp. “Vijay” wakes old echoes for us. Amitabh Bachchan forged it as the ’70s avenger, righting every wrong. Shakespeare pondered first: What’s in a name? Today, it’s memory, fire, destiny. Jolt to DMK … Read the essay

Nobody Names Their Child Sanjay Anymore

Names tell stories. They show what parents prize, what generations chase, and how society slowly changes. At MGIMS Sevagram, I’ve been tending a simple spreadsheet since 2012, logging every student from the inaugural 1969 batch through to 2024 — 3,978 names across 55 years. I entered them myself, batch by batch, correcting misspellings and filling … Read the essay

The Quiet Wit of Ward 13

Yesterday, the news reached me: Dr. Vinod Adbe is no more. It was a simple, heavy message that pulled me back forty-six years to the corridors of Ward 13 at GMC Nagpur. I was an MD resident then, and Dr. Adbe was my teacher.

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Jiji

I always called her Jiji; her first name never seemed to fit the space she held in my life. Pushpa, my second elder sister, was born on May 17, 1946—fifteen months before India stepped into independence.

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