Peeping Toms: Councilor Elections
The elections for the new Ward Councilors are scheduled for the first fortnight of May 2023. Most of you are aware that the Gurugram Zone has been bifurcated into smaller…
Aravalli Exhibition at The Palms
The Aravalli Mountain Range is one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world, stretching across several states in India. The range is not only a source of pride for…
Rang Barse
Retreat celebrated Holi with much fun and fervour like every year. It started with Holika Dahan the evening before and residents gathered to participate and do Puja, on the central…
Grit, Determination &Self-Respect: Unsung Heroes
It was COVID times 2020. I used to be on the road early mornings, and sometimes during late afternoons too, distributing rations. Many residents had contributed to the SCRWA EC…
Vacant Plots Turn Into Green Vegetable Patches
Vacant plots can be quite an eyesore with the unbridled overgrowth of weeds. Unfortunately, many people use the empty plots as garbage dumps too. However, now SCRWA has initiated a…
Killing Two Birds With One Stone
We all have heard of the adage, “Killing two birds with one stone”. Anita Soni of B9 South City1, hit upon one such idea when she suggested that we address…
New GMDA Wards: Clearing Or Creating Confusion
The grapevine is rife with the news that Gurgaon has been bifurcated into new and more compact Wards. There are confusing and conflicting messages and ‘gyan’ flying around on whether…
“I feel as if I was born with a brush in my hands” says Arunima Shrivastava
Arunima Shrivastava, a resident, a feature writer and artist by profession, did her PhD in Organizational Behavior, IIT Bombay. As an artists she loves to paint across different mediums like…
Fond Farewell
From dust unto dust …..my favourite catch phrase from the Bible to start with. But, not yet. Only from one Colony to another Colony for my extended stay in the…
Artificial Intelligence AI, Chat GPT & Me
“Alexa, please sing the song Aawara Hoon”! When Alexa complied to my granddaughter Karuna’s command with the melodious voice of Mukesh, I was taken aback! “Thaatha (grandfather), this is one…
