Let’s Not ‘Weed Out’ The Weed From Our Lives: Unlike Us, It’s Not Transient by J P Jagdev August 15, 2023 Hold your horses. I am not going to discuss the kind of plant whose parts make some people get high... Read moreDetails
Ode To Monsoon: When Humanity Erupts In Joy by J P Jagdev June 25, 2023 By the beginning of June after enduring the harshness of the hot and humid Indian summer season from March, the... Read moreDetails
To My Kids On Father’s Day by J P Jagdev June 18, 2023 If I was instrumental in bringing you into the world, certain things came along the deal which I’m responsible for;... Read moreDetails
When Odisha’s Angels Of Goodness Descended At Balasore To Help Their Brethren Stuck In Disaster by J P Jagdev June 6, 2023 In another few hours, the deadliest train accident of our living memories will be more than 50 hours old. Hours... Read moreDetails
A Father’s Letter To His Daughter by J P Jagdev March 6, 2023 Today is your first day at your office and your first step into the world as a professional. I as... Read moreDetails
Sunday Blues And Our Perpetual Fight With Procrastination by J P Jagdev January 29, 2023 It’s a Sunday afternoon and after the post-lunch siesta, I wake up to a mixed feeling of having lost out,... Read moreDetails
Why Did Mr ‘Kutta’ Sorry, ‘Dutta’ Bark To Get His Name Changed On Ration Card? by J P Jagdev November 27, 2022 Shri Kutta! Does it sound weird? Yes, that’s how he would have been officially addressed because the spelling of his... Read moreDetails
The Silence Of The Sounds by J P Jagdev October 9, 2022 Some days back in Bengaluru, around midnight I was shaken off my sleep by an ear-piercing unfamiliar sound. It was... Read moreDetails
Respect: What It Means And What We Have Made Of It by J P Jagdev October 3, 2022 A cousin of mine who works in a school for children with special needs was recounting an experience of hers.... Read moreDetails
Not So Yummy! Kishore Bhaina & BMC’s Meaty Affair by J P Jagdev September 18, 2022 I flew out of Bhubaneswar when the drama surrounding Kishore Bhaina’s Roadside Hotel was at its peak. For those who... Read moreDetails