George Koshy

My City is Burning, So Many Hearts Weeping

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:30:43 +0530

My city is burning... so many bleeding;
Hearts weeping and I'm still flying...
A fly on the wall... just watching;
Flying from one wall to another.
Unable to cry along; unable to

Rain rain go away come again another day... Our BMC officials only want to play..!

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:14:30 +0530
"We are prepared" said Mr. Jairaj Pathak, when questioned about the BMC's monsoon preparedness; just last week. Little did we know that it meant the preparedness to channelize flood water

Introducing 'my friend' Mr Sharma

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:01:06 +0530
Do you know Mr Sharma (not his real name)? Well, let me introduce him to you. He's roughly 52-55 years of age. He works in a public sector bank which

Mumbai on Track

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:36:14 +0530
"Pudheel station bhandup"......"Agla station bhandup"....."the next station is bhandup".....announced a pleasant female voice on the public address system....this went on for kanjurmarg, vikhroli, and all the stations on my early

Found Your PR Yet.......?

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:40:12 +0530
My ambition in life's to be rich and famous...Well at least the becoming 'rich' part is shelved for the moment.....and for the other one.....let me check what my odds are...

A Losing Battle.....Lost..??

editor@ibnlive.com — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:29:34 +0530
Dignified grit...Emotional strength and sheer determination....words that would seem few, to describe the conviction with which the 'Iron' lady Medha Pathkar continues with her stuggle for the good of scores

Celebrity Worship..!!

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:08:48 +0530
Was just watching an edition of the Oprah Show on Star World. Wow...!! What a woman....She's been that beacon of hope to so many women ALL OVER THE WORLD who's

From Navapur to Geneva...!!

editor@ibnlive.com — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:17:12 +0530
A week you are in Navapur in Nandurbad district of Maharashtra.Nine hours from Mumbai by road, this place is on the Maharashtra -Gujarat border. The temperature, +37 degrees, the

Navapur...the Real Crisis...

editor@ibnlive.com — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:29:58 +0530
Selling one chicken per week in the local market....that earns you enough to suffice for a week.....combined with the little grains that you have saved from the three months

The Night Reporters.......!!!

editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 03:18:34 +0530
For someone, comparatively new in journalism and also fresh from a print background just the idea of a grave-yard shift gave me the jitters. the first question that apparently hits

Mobile phone connectivity a pain..........???

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:39:34 +0530
Mobile phones....a boon or a pain...?? Well a question that lingers all the the time...No doubt..it's one of the greatest inventions....but do dropped calls...low connectivity (read No connectivity) and

BACK TO THE BASICS.....!!!!

editor@ibnlive.com — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:06:12 +0530
Back to basics....well that's what I want to call my visit to Mood-Indigo, the annual college festival of the IIT-Mumbai. Fun, Excitement....and sheer thrill.....well that's what greeted me on my

Love in the time of small Spaces......

editor@ibnlive.com — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:37:09 +0530
The question of privacy in today's time is a very important one. With space a constraint in most of the places...it's a question of privacy coupled with the dilemma