The Scorched Soul Erotica...

At 2.30 in the morning we got the wake up call. There was just enough time for tea and a smoke before we set out. Even nature doesn’t answer your call at that hour. By 3.30, we were at the head of the gorge. As we started our descent, cautiously moving between the rocks that lay scattered along the path, stars shone down on us from between the cliffs of the gorge like precious jewels that you can see but can’t touch. These were not the stars that shine down on our cities. No, these stars were brighter, innumerous and beyond description, just like in the nursery rhyme. The moon had set an hour ago. We climbed down between the dark rocky cliffs of the Boratyachi Nal with our torches held between our teeth while our hands groped the rocks for support. And the stars shone down from between the cliffs. Diamonds in the sky. We started to climb Lingana at 5, just as dawn was breaking. By 8 a.m. we were at the summit. With an almost 2000 ft drop on 3 sides and anoth

I am driving to Nanded from Aurangabad on SH177 and at Jalna I see a green coloured neon sign that reads Nanded 246 KMs. Some 100m down the line is another sign, Nanded 226 KMs. Then after 4 KMs, I read a sign that says Nanded 255 KMs. Now obviously, we have a problem here. No, it’s not the bed intruder. The problem is that there is not enough reservation in jobs! There is not enough representation in legal terms for certain people. And the solution is that at least a small fraction, perhaps 22.35% of all candidates, should be chosen upon merit. Mind you, this is not a one-off problem. I saw similar milestones on NH2 between Agra and Faridabad. Palwal was getting farther I more I drove towards it, if I were to believe the milestones! Now I am not against reservation for different classes and sects. No sir. Because if you choose people upon merit, then even candidates who compete within reserved quotas would be good. But I am against the informal, undisclosed reservation that c