![The Snakes ON The Ladders](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Reception.jpg?resize=200%2C140&ssl=1)
That I could manage to get two passes as special invitees of Sahitya Sammelan should have impressed my wife Sulabha very much I suppose, but…
![Graduating in Authenticity and Accountability](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Parrot.jpg?resize=98%2C122&ssl=1)
“I was standing on Vivekanand Rock at Kanyakumari. It was a high tide. Water everywhere. Far away I saw a small boat going away. I…
![The Zebra Crossing](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/TheZebraCrossing.jpg?resize=400%2C140&ssl=1)
My inspiration for photography comes from Kavi and Harekrishnaji. They have posted some really beautiful snaps on their blogs. Inspired by them, I am posting…
![The Psychiatrist of The Sane](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IPH2.jpg?resize=200%2C140&ssl=1)
I met Dr. Anand Nadkarni at his residence when Dr. Anil Awchat visited his place and invited me to meet him there. It was a…
![Cold, Conjunctivitis and Xenophobia](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/conjunctivitis.jpg?resize=130%2C84&ssl=1)
I have always avoided shaking hands with people who are suffering from cold or have contracted conjunctivitis. Mumbai unfortunately gets an epidemic of conjunctivitis in…
![On Books : The One Thing You Need to Know](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/MB.jpg?resize=94%2C140&ssl=1)
After a long time I am returning again to books that I have enjoyed reading. I am not writing here a review but a short…
![On Women's Reservation Bill](https://vivekvsp.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Among the articles I read on Women’s Reservation Bill, three stood out. Here are the excerpts and the links too: The Economist says [Link] “Yet…
![My 'Moving' Story](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Parrot2.jpg?resize=94%2C124&ssl=1)
“Tut, tut……” Lulu said, “You look so hassled. What’s the matter?” “Well…..we have just moved to our new house; it is an apartment in a…