Down the Ash Lens: Recent Episodes
Ashutosh Marathe
This is a true story. The incident took place while I was chatting with a cricket coach when a wife of a Bollywood superstar approached him for enrolling her son in his cricket academy.
All of us learned a lesson that day.
This is a true story.
But a horrifying one. It was one such moment where I could not utter a single word to console my friend. No words could have worked.
This is a true story.
Can you imagine that 27 parents had to make a choice out of two impossible alternatives? No matter which one they chose, they were going to lose their sleep forever.
Ashutosh
This is a true story.
My mother a school teacher was not acknowledged by one of her students at a reunion who during school days was very fond of her.
Later she came to know the reason.
Please listen to this touching story and share your feedback.
Ashutosh
Payback to society is an admirable concept. But it is rarely practiced.
In this podcast, I speak about Omkar, a person of meager means but a generous heart.
This is a true story that was splashed across newspapers a few years ago. Since it was about a slain soldier it touched my heart and I felt like sharing it. Do listen to this story and tell me what you think of such politicians and bureaucrats.
This is a true story about my father describing the circumstances that led him to hold a grudge against me while on his deathbed and how helpless I felt in that situation.
This is a true story.
During our visit to Australia in 2017, this incident took place.
It embarrassed me but the embarrassment became a nostalgic memory for someone else. Intrigued?
Listen to this story then.
Our country is a melting pot of all cultures and that is what makes us unique. But the main question is - do we identify ourselves as a cohesive unit or a cluster of cultures; one not identifying with the other?
Ashutosh
This is a true story of a person who was doing two jobs in a day so that he could support the education of his children. Did his dream come true?
Listen to this story and tell me.
These are my thoughts on the growing-up process and the internal conflict of the people.
Sometimes we notice so much of 'coldness' in human beings that we begin to wonder whether their soul is alive or dead.
Here is one more story narrating the dark side of the human beings.
Ashutosh
As parents, do we guide our children to pursue vocation of their choice or influence their thoughts in such a manner that they set out in pursuit of our dreams.
I have tried to throw some light on it - with reference to my children.
Interested?
Down the ash lens brings another true story. A touching story of a person who for her entire life led the life of a 3 year old.
This story is a depiction of how choices are made by us and how difficult it is to live by them.
Ashutosh
This is a story in which I have tried to explain why the Darwin's theory of evolution made sense to me from the totally different perspective.
It's an interesting story. Believe me.
Homage to a legendary person. My father-in-law. A thorough gentleman who expected nothing from people.
This is a story of a lie I had to live with for more than 25 years. But I guess it was justified. Listen to this story and tell me if I am wrong.
Satan exists. In all of us.
This is a true story of one such incident involving a 65 year old grandfatherly person.
There are people who do their bit for the society without expecting any recognition. here is a story of fitness trainer, struggling to make both ends meet do something spectacular.
When fellow commuter loses his job and finds it difficult to break the news to his wife.
A fellow commuter, a few years shy of his retirement was given a pink slip by a global conglomerate. He could not break the news to his wife and pretended to be in employment for some more time. If you want to know what compels him to share the fact with his spouse - please listen to this story.
A chance interaction with a street urchin revealed to me a side life normally lost to people living in a comfort zone.