When I was growing up…and was still a student… traveling to school by bus had an advantage – you could say, “Mam, the bus was late.” But there were two worry points – first it meant your pocket money was going into the conductor`s brown leather bag and second the girls didn`t look at you … Read more
The best thing about marriage is that you are never short of reasons to dive into a fight. I foresee Rekha and me being toothless, all wrinkled up like a soaked-for-two-days raisin (‘kismis` for Indian readers), and still fighting it out. The reason though escapes my mind. So, as you would have guessed, Rekha and … Read more
It has been 22 days since my last blog post on February 1. I have been kept busy by my colleagues at ibibo.com …so nothing to complain there. On the personal front, Rhea has started getting super-active and it hurts to leave her playing by herself and sit in front of the laptop to write … Read more
I always wanted to be somebody in life. Somebody big and famous…somebody people rushed to meet…somebody people wrote to…basically somebody big. But I guess I should have been more specific in my prayers for God made me a funny blogger. Barring a few incidents here and there (mostly with credit card companies where I had … Read more
My life has been suddenly inundated with the color pink. Where ever I see, I see pink. Yes you got it right…the color that one gets by mixing red and white in equal proportions. The color a woman would kill for – pink. No, I haven`t received a pink slip from the organization I work … Read more
It was early 2005 and each day I was discovering something new about my newly wedded wife. We had married each other on 8 September, 2004…or was it 10 September, 2004? Now that I have posted this, I will soon find out from the horse`s mouth. A few days before I got married in Anna … Read more
What Mel Brooks once said is so true. A few decades back he had said that slightest of an issue with us is a tragedy and the biggest of issues with others is comedy (read exact quote below). I remember going to a funeral of a diabetic patient and chuckling, thinking the possible newspaper headlines … Read more
After managing 33 years of my life without a suit, I finally bought one a few days back. Yes! I am now a proud owner of a Giovanni suit. For you lesser mortals who have never heard of Giovanni…well, it`s an entry level suit brand that`s sold in Lifestyles and Shopper Stops of the World. … Read more