Here’s an op-ed’ish’ feature for all my fellow pilots and aspiring student pilots. I get asked this a lot. Do I need a type rating? Is a type rating worth it? Does a type rating better my chances of landing…
After Paris, it’s Brussels this time, the headquarters of NATO and the de-facto headquarters of the European Union. Brussels was hit by synchronized bomb attacks, responsibility of which was claimed 8 hours later by ISIS. Their official statement was something…
The Islamic State and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are both as different as they can get, say for the one promise of potential disaster both these ‘states’ pose. Interestingly so, both these states have been targeted for their…
The Paris attacks of November 2015 are an audacious, brutal act of terror, the perpetrators of which deserve nothing less than an eternity of pain. More than 100 people dead, more than 300 injured and the numbers continue to rise….
Its 69 independence days later and the abysmally low, sometimes non-existent level of knowledge about rules of the road make driving in Mumbai, Delhi and other Indian cities more of a job than a pleasure. Here’s hoping the readers share…
In the midst of all the rainbow flag display pictures on social media and open support for the American Supreme Court ruling over legalizing Gay Marriage, it was a little hard to miss a whole group of Christian Pastors getting…
If you’re a Mumbaikar, like yours truly, or you’ve flown into Bombay often enough, especially landing from the east, you’ve probably tuned your mind to being greeted by endless roofs of shanties and slums. Being a Mumbai resident and an…
The Indian Army under a unique ‘Hot Pursuit’ agreement with Myanmar conducted a special forces operation across the border, inside Myanmar. This has lead to the extermination of 100 odd militants who were allegedly responsible for plotting and executing an…
Istanbul is downright beautiful! Financial woes and crisis have hardly ever perturbed this city’s spirit and hospitality and I’d go back for a few days every time I had a chance. Here’s 6 reasons why you want to head over…
‘Marriage; is a permanent social agreement based on being continuously backed by a fluctuating emotion called ‘love.’ Read that again so it sinks it. For those of you who haven’t heard of one of these agreements yet, I’m not surprised…
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