Today Ill take you on a tour of the bridge as in on board the vessel. On board, the bridge is a place from where I navigate the ship. It is essentially subdivided into a chart room and wheel house and these days since the communications too has...

The vast expanse of blue under an equally blue sky as seen from the bridge where I am, when navigating, appeared to be calmness personified. I thought, how still, water can become when no external forces are acting on it, in some ways similar to us,...

The grin that follows, the funny side of life, is always a welcome break from the supposedly serious matters which we pursue on a daily basis.I remember a time when I was training on board T.S. Rajendra at Mumbai. An instructor had this peculiar...

After completing my training at T. S. Rajendra at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), I joined as an apprentice in Shipping Corporation of India in the winter of 1982. I remember there were four of us from that class of '82, who had joined M.V....

The memories of childhood linger on with us however far we have traveled on the path of life. It appears as if everything happened just yesterday.As a young kid I used to love the rainy season, which we call The Monsoons. I still love the rains. It...