My Childhood & Family
This week’s featured nonsense
Father walked whole month for son who wouldn’t walk 50 meters
September 11, 2026
8 September was our 22nd wedding anniversary. But the day before, 7 September, was my dad’s 21st death anniversary. It is a strange arrangement of dates – one day I am remembering the man who raised me till I got married, and the next day I am celebrating the woman who has been raising me
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Success formula
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 … Read more
Drinking milk
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 … Read more
Stop! Police
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 … Read more
Mathematics
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 … Read more
What is in a name
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 … Read more
Vishu visit – post interval story
(If you have not read the earlier post please do so before proceeding any further) The thing about characters is that they remain characters – and spice up my visit … Read more
Of what could have been
I was thinking of what all I would have been had I not been lucky enough to be where I am today. Confused? Read on… Don`t know if it was … Read more
Of cows, urinary bladders and the Vivekananda Rock
(Please read this with a pinch of salt. After all, everything you hear and see in this World cannot be true) If you are reading this you are probably a … Read more
My Grandma didn’t go to jail
Agreed my Grandmother only did her 4th Grade, but she was an intelligent lady. She worked for Indian International Group (IIG) – then India`s largest insurance group. She worked in … Read more
Male-Bonding
Requested ByKumar @ 02:51 pm | Nov 29th 2004 I need your blogs on Male-Male relationship and feelings. Thanx. Sorry guys. Though I have nothing against gays, this post is … Read more
Diwali was a blast
Diwali was a blast. Pun very seriously intended. It was raining yet my brother-in-law and I went to buy crackers. The initial child-like enthusiasm died once we saw the crowd. … Read more
What is in a name – a lot
Growing up in India can be difficult. Especially, if your name was Jamshed Velayuda Rajan Ramaswamy. I have endured my name for long…but now I am wondering if I should … Read more
The day I drank acid
I got my big, pink lower lips from my father. Nothing hereditary. Plain coincidence. Scene I We were staying in Jallundar, Punjab when I was all of eight years old. … Read more
Ten things I want to do
This is a borrowed idea. Mr Mohan, a colleague and a friend mentioned that I should write about the ten things I want to do before I breathe my last. … Read more
The 21st century woman
My father always wanted me to marry a lady army officer. He started nursing this wish after I failed the National Defense Academy exam, Combined Defense Services exam and the … Read more
Bird watching
I envy ornithologist Salim Ali. People believed him when he said he was a bird watcher and spent his life time watching birds. My parents never allowed me to do … Read more
My father once owned a bank
A series of blogs on my father, in the hope that he doesnot end up reading it. I am in luck: for my father the internet is as good as … Read more