GS Battu Writes

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Winter gains

“Things tend to shrink in winters.” Our physics teacher told us in school. And he explained this with logic and diagrams. He cleared all our doubts about the phenomenon. “Your weight has expanded ...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on February 3, 2024

For the love of Dog

Dog is the best friend of man. We have been taught that right from the days we were taught “D for Dog”. And we always believed that. After close to six decades of believing in dog, a new question ...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on January 27, 2024

Un-evolved and happy

Year 1860 Darwin had recently published his theory of evolution. Scientists were pondering over it and trying to make head and tail of it. Everything seemed fine except the suggestion that all the...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on January 20, 2024

Global colding

Now I know how a cucumber feels inside a fridge. Or any other vegetable or eatable stored in the fridge, for that matter. God has made the entire North India and many others parts of the world an ...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on January 13, 2024

Decades of life

2023 handed over the baton to 2024. Just as decades of one’s life keep on progressing without any chance of a revisit. Life for boys revolves around parents, friends, girlfriends and health. Every...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on January 6, 2024

Santa and Santa

X-mas added confusion to my life. I was schooled and brought up in a rural setting of Punjab in 1970s. The only Santa I knew was Santa Singh of Santa and Banta duo. We were fed on the jokes and ba...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on December 30, 2023

The tea and the biscuit

It was early morning. I was humming and watching TV. Infront of me was my first cup of tea with a biscuit. As is the routine, I dipped the biscuit into the tea. Moved it to and fro and took it out ...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on December 23, 2023

Newton’s laws of marriage

Newton was a brilliant man. Then he got married. As is the norm with every marriage, initial phase was extended honeymoon. Being a thinker, Newton would sit on his working desk and think and pond...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on December 16, 2023

Cluster marriages

Ding dong. The door bell rings. I check it out. There is a man with a card and box of sweets. “Hello ji. It is our son’s wedding next week. Please do come and bless the kids.” “But we already ha...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on December 2, 2023

Knock knock – Matters of heart

“Hello” I looked around. No one. “Hello hello”. Again, no one. So I ignored it. “Hello………….Hello, Hello, hello…hello”. It was losing its rhythm. Now I was getting intrigued. I could feel my pu...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on November 25, 2023