Rant about town

Our mean and encroached streets

An absolutely business-as-usual Indian habit is to leave cars, trucks and buses parked on streets or on footpaths on a near daily basis. It takes awa..

Second rate citizens

There are two tiers of citizens in this country: The first tier is politicians , party people, judges, civil ‘servants’, government employees and the ..

kick the can down the road

put off confronting a difficult issue or making an important decision, typically on a continuing basis.Why is it so hard to make new habits stick ? Ev..

Celebrity deaths

What really ticked me off about the recent brouhaha over a celebrity death was how quickly people blamed the actress’ fitness endeavours for her death..

The worth of words

I don't like words that hide the truth. I don't words that conceal reality. I don't like euphemisms, or euphemistic language. And American English is ..

The things we lose when our environment ceases to support random play

By a WHO estimate, 85 per cent of girls and 78 per cent of boys get less than the 1 hour of recommended activity level a day.In our drive to track ste..

The important of tolerance

Your tolerance for boredom during long walks, rest between sets and doing exercises you suck at. Your tolerance for challenges when you encounter..

How informed we are is paralysing our ability to participate in any action

Did the Lancet estimate of inactive Indians surprise you?If it did surprise you, what did you decide to do?Have a conversation about it?But conversati..

The role of FOMO in wanting to move more

A good holiday, a good movie, a play a good meal, an old school reunion, a nice aquarium visit, a great beach, night sky or a really good drink. ..

The great, moderately sized outdoors

A few days at Singapore have more than convinced me that apartments might be better served having more space to walk around, hang, play and run around..