As part of my online running training with Dr. Rajat Chauhan and his team, we have a WhatsApp group. (Yeah, yeah, hardly breaking news, I know 😛 ). As in all such groups, we chat about this, that and t’other. I’ve only met a couple of the participants in person, …
It’s Thanksgiving, and though this is – as we all know – primarily an American holiday, there is absolutely nothing wrong with thanking the Good Lord above/the powers that be/whoever/whatever and so, here goes. Following on from my first-anniversary-of-my-injury post a couple of days ago, I can most definitely give …
The lovely Kathakoli Dasgupta has been sharing, day by day, her UK holiday, since Covid-19 put paid to Vietnam, where she & Dave had planned to be right now. So instead they are touring southern England, and Katha is running and sharing the sights & her interesting discoveries with us …
11 October 2020 should’ve been a big day in the running calendar, with both Chicago & the postponed Manchester marathons taking place. But, sadly & perhaps unsurprisingly, both have been cancelled this week. 2 more big marathons bite the dust. London is now the only “major” race left standing this …
It‘s Monday. The school traffic is thundering past on the main road outside my house, every wretched bus driver honking non-stop. The newspaper has the usual horrid fare of rape, more rape, politics, pollution. So in the interests of sanity & all-round zen-ness, I’m blanking all this out. Way more …
Look what fell out from my morning paper today. Â The business card of one D.K.Verma, promising the concept of linguistic fluency in just one class. Why, oh why, can’t I find a teacher like D.K.Verma, who can work similar magic with my Hindi? Just think – “Guarantee to speak in …
