Some children are not as lucky as I have been. You could blame it on their parents. While my father and mother taught me some damn nice things, I think there are various kinds of parents out there who would teach any darn thing to their kids. Take Girisen for example – a very good … Read more
I have a news which only five people in the World know. After you finish reading this paragraph, you would become the sixth person. The five already aware are my Driving Master, three of my driving classmates and Rekha. OK…the secret is…I have been taking four-wheeler driving lessons. “How insulting,” was the first thing my … Read more
My brother-in-law. i.e., Rekha`s sister`s hubby is a layer…oops lawyer. And like all lawyers he is quite an interesting guy. He and his family paid us a visit a few days ago. It is only ‘payment` they have made us. During an after-dinner conversation, I sought my brother-in-law`s advice regarding a case I was fighting … Read more
My father`s success formula was ‘rise early, work late and strike oil`. He had come up with it when he all of 14 years – like Dirubhai Ambani of the Reliance fame. Today (after 45 years), he is sitting in our two-bedroom house in Madurai (in Tamil Nadu) and wondering what went wrong. Only last … Read more
If today I am a drunkard, I have to blame my mother. I still remember how as a five year old I would hate drinking that yucky glass of milk before I went to bed. Now, the glass of milk has been taken over by a bottle of beer. The graduation from milk to a … Read more
We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police. – Jeff Marder After reading a report on a five year old Policeman in India, I thought we should write a tribute for the policemen (and policewomen). After all, their`s is an un-paid job. Why else do you think they stand … Read more
Mathematics is the queen of the sciences. – Carl Friedrich Gauss And I pity the King. Blame it on my not-so-good mathematical experience. To sum it up, I just hate mathematics. So much so, when I last changed my job they asked me, “So how much do you expect?” I said: “I am fine with … Read more
Shakespeare said it. And we have lived with it. But there is a lot in a name. Shakespeare who in one of his theatre production (think Romeo & Juliet) said “What is in a name. A rose by any name will smell the same.” I disagree. If that were so, why is Shah Rukh Khan … Read more