Moonballs from Planet Earth

Jiddu Krishnamurthy was the chosen one. He was the messiah. He had been anointed as the messiah, as the World Teacher, the new Maitreya, by ...

This blogpost started as an elegy for words from The Meaning of Liff  which are no longer relevant. Consider Kalami : The ancient Eastern ar...

Vajpayee mural in Lucknow Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was unquestionably one of Lucknow’s greatest citizens.  Vajpayee was a freedom...

  See the picture above?  Meena Harris  (Kamala Harris’ sister Maya’s daughter) tweeted it a few weeks ago.  It has to be my favourit...

St. George's Day Posters in London c. 2014 Is England’s patron Saint George a dragon slayer? Or a lizard eater? The question is ...

Bette Midler singing "Wind beneath my wings" Actually, it's the wind above my wings that makes me fly. ...

Maria Sharapova and Grigor Dimitrov, in Milan News from the Aussie Open is that Maria Sharapova has a new boyfriend, fellow tennis pr...

Sitting around staring at brick walls is called "woozling" in my family. I just discovered that James Bond woozles too...

Allow congressmen to vote in private. This isn’t my idea. I’m channelling the noted political philosopher, Sir Humphrey Appleby. Sir Hu...

Luke Skywalker strides towards the twin sunset on Tatooine I'd posted yesterday about the poem "Keep Ithaka always in the mi...

F.R.I.E.N.D.S was more than a successful TV serial, it was a cultural phenomenon. I think it had such a big impact, beyond what one wo...

An old friend put me on the spot recently, and quizzed me on how I found the enthu to keep blogging. I wasn't expecting the ...

Che Guevara is an iconic hero, universally beloved and revered. Fidel Castro is often seen as a villain, hated and reviled as one of th...

"Let us take what the terrain gives" is kinder...

Kolaveri Di has lived out fourteen out of its fifteen minutes of fame. So, one final thought to occupy that last minute: Kolaveri Di h...

Perceptive readers have noticed that this blog's name has changed from Moon Balls from Planet Earth to Limca Cuts from Planet Earth, and...

Jalaluddin Rumi was wandering the streets of Konya, overcome with grief at the death of a dear friend, when he was captured by the rhythmic ...

I am in the market for a new bag. Nothing special, just a simple duffel bag for everyday use. The one specific feature I want is an optic ye...

Chennai Super Kings, my home town cricket team, just won IPL 4 in style. They have clearly been the best team on show since the inception of...

BBC's plush and stylish new offices in Salford, near Manchester, are sprinkled with "collaboration pods" . The idea is that u...