

Umbrella!!!
Never forget three sorts of people in your life – Those who left you in difficult times. Those who helped you in difficult times. Those who put you in difficult times. Because, as life progresses, you may have to treat them accordingly. And somehow, it’s the first sort and the third sort who will always try to gaslight the situation and turn things around to make you feel as if only because they left you, you made it, or because they put you in problems, you made it. They
Girish Rathna
Jun 26, 20245 min read


When I tamed the Dragon!!!
Wedged between the Hong Kong Island and the South China Sea, somewhere along the coastline, a mountainous formation runs like the waves...
Girish Rathna
May 8, 20244 min read


Christmas City!!!
On a cold December evening, the above was when I went near the harbour to take a selfie with the famous Bruce Lee statue. Do you know...
Girish Rathna
Dec 13, 20234 min read


Monkey Business!!!
If you want to uncover, you have to go undercover. So it seems, that if you want to understand ‘monkey business’, you have to act like a...
Girish Rathna
Aug 30, 20233 min read


The Mona’s Couple!!!
Mysteries surrounding ancient history have always fascinated me. And in recent times I have cultivated this new habit of studying ancient...
Girish Rathna
Aug 9, 20233 min read


War on Good (looking)!!!
The above pic was when I was relaxed in a calm serenity on an island by a yacht, not far from the southern coast of Singapore. One of the...
Girish Rathna
Mar 29, 20233 min read


Kneel on seabed!!!
Sailing away from the shore, just a GPS to track our location at sea, with a professional team of divers and one sailor, the above pic...
Girish Rathna
Mar 15, 20232 min read


Silent walk on Christmas Eve!!!
A silent walk through the city on Christmas Eve, I came across lights in its various forms. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy...
Girish Rathna
Dec 28, 20221 min read


Riverside!!!
“Who hears the rippling of rivers will not utterly despair of anything.” - Henry David Thoreau Just sitting by the riverside, the above...
Girish Rathna
Jul 6, 20221 min read


Miniature Sketching...!
A city’s skyline defines the basic aspect of any city, an easily recognizable silhouette that is unique to its own. Recently, during work...
Girish Rathna
Sep 15, 20211 min read


Breakfast...!!!
Bored and tired of being curbed indoors for months, I wanted to do something adventurous this weekend. So, I rode my bike far away, found...
Girish Rathna
Jun 28, 20201 min read


The cornerstone!!!
Sitting at the edge of the waterfront, I took this pic of Singapore’s skyline just minutes after dusk. It’s not too much, it’s not too...
Girish Rathna
Feb 10, 20203 min read


I can see through your BS...!!!
It’s the – ‘I can see through your BS, but I will watch and let you whine because we both know you are slowly dying inside' look. Been a...
Girish Rathna
Oct 5, 20191 min read


Hard Rock at the Taj Mahal...!!!
Although the above pic may seem like a regular ‘tourist photo’ taken at the Taj Mahal, this one has an intense backstory. Travelling in a...
Girish Rathna
Jun 10, 20191 min read


Not a superman!!!
I am not a Superman; just a writer. ;) Michael Jackson once said — “All I want to say is that they don’t really care about us.” But now...
Girish Rathna
Apr 28, 20191 min read


The four angles of life!!!
Life is a complicated game for most, but can be simplified if tried. Here, in this picture I took in a not-so-crowded Metro station one...
Girish Rathna
Jul 2, 20181 min read


Nesting under the ArtScience Museum!!!
Under the ArtScience Museum... one of my favorite places in Singapore, and this thought swept into my mind last evening - Miracle is when...
Girish Rathna
Jun 12, 20181 min read






