Let us accept it. Not all interviews are with the intension of hiring. How many times have we seen Jeetendra or Shahi Kapoor or Shammi Kapoor sitting inside the Manager`s cabin…the phone rings…the manager picks it up…keeps on saying “Yes sir”…turns to the protagonist and says, “I was about to give you the job, but … Read more
Sharad Pawar is the new BCCI President. How refreshing. The democratic country that we are, anybody can be elected to top posts. Just about anybody. Even Sharad Pawar… Indian cricket has eventually managed to get out of the frying pan and reach the fire. I am not surprised Sharad Pawar is from Mumbai. The filmi-capital … Read more
Sometimes…I wonder what would have happened if I were born in a poultry. Would I have been a human or a chick? What if I had been a chick…not the ‘pretty-chick` kind of chick…but the egg-laying kind. Guess, I would have just decorated the wire cage in a chicken stall until it was my time … Read more
[This post is stupid. Proceed at the cost of being laughed at] Wonder if the ‘con` in both the words – Con & Constable – is intentional. Perhaps…William Shakespeare (I say this because the British introduced Constabulary) or whoever coined the word ‘Constable` wanted to pass on a message to us. Something like the Da … Read more
You don`t marry a girl. You marry her relatives. While some agree that that marriage is the fastest way of transferring funds or bringing in a change of management, I believe that it is the quickest way to insanity. I recently visited Bangalore for I was invited to a marriage in Rekha`s family. Being a … Read more
I once attended a marriage in Rekha`s family. Today morning I was thinking about it…and wondered if you would be interested in knowing what some popular men/women have said about ‘madness and therapy`. What I say of ‘madness and therapy,` ie, how the marriage went …will be the next post. We are all born mad. … Read more
[Warning: This is a long and boring article and requires holding of your nose at times.] I know this is a touchy subject and we find it obnoxious to talk of our toilet habits. But let us do it today! Indians have always mingled with nature to answer nature`s call. It seems Sher Shah Suri … Read more
This is a joke my father once told me. It seems Winston Churchill was visiting India and Jawahar Lal Nehru took him on an early morning walk around the Teen Murti Bhavan. Midway through the walk, Churchill pointed to a man squatting by the roadside and asked Nehru, “What is that man doing?” “He is … Read more