Beardo's blog

My motorcycle was showing the signs and symptoms of a weak battery since a couple of months. And I had even asked the service guy to check it once. Turns out he hadn't! While I was  bothered about riding a flat tyred motorcycle in a most likely rainy day at the beginning of my journey, something out of syllabus just popped out. And that too a toughie! It's impossible to get a rectifier anywhere near Malebennur. Now I am only left with one option - START the motorcycle and don't turn it off till the journey ends. No tea breaks..nothing! Honestly it was kind of a scary ride. Sun started setting and the darkness started to prevail. And my headlights were as dim as my brain was when I had decided to take bike instead of bus. It was Malnad where I was riding. So there will be certain kilometers that I have to ride without any street light or a human. Although I had phone in my pocket to call Dad in case my bike were to stop, I didn't want to prove my dad right when he had re...

INTRO He was a wise old man counting the last few days of his life on earth. I was a teenager who admired him for his wisdom, knowledge and humility. Once in the process of his - 'to and fro of getting admitted and discharged' , I visited him in the hospital. While encouraging me to work harder for my future, he said: "A philosopher once said 'Man is the MASTER of his DESTINY ' ". I was awestruck by what I had just heard. 'How true it is!How mellifluous it is!' said my teenage heart. It was a moment of epiphany. Only to realize in the coming years that it wasn't really true! The MOTORCYCLE conundrum It was getting really difficult for me to balance between work and studies in recent times. Life ain't so rosy for doctors as people imagine it to be.  I was in an ambivalence whether or not to continue work. I was getting frustrated, so I decided to take leave for a month. Where else would an introvert go except his home. And then, the...