A friend of mine asks what is the best way to get to know a strange girl. I’m sure I don’t know. When I say I don’t know the best way, I mean that I don’t know any real way to get to know a perfect stranger. Yet, I have…
This was fun. It is even more of a challenge to say something in a few words than to say it in many. Sagnik tagged me so here goes…my 55-word stories. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<p align=”center”><strong>The Worker</strong></p> The sun was shining, a blazing yellow-white. Heedlessly they trudged on.“But do I have to?” he…
A morning in the city that never sleeps
So what really happens after? After romance and pursuit and seduction and proposal and marriage, what next? How does ‘happily ever after’ look? I seem to have gotten preachy recently. And I have zero experience in such matters after all. Hence for a change, I will put aside my wild…
‘Kuch kuch hota hai’ was on TV yesterday. One of the early movies that made Karan Johar into a brand name. I was in college when I saw this movie. Of course I couldn’t say I liked it…it wasn’t cool to admit to liking this sort of popcorn-n-plastic fare! But…
I’ve had a companion for three months now. It is a dragon…a real fire-breathing, flying, sharp-clawed Chinese dragon. And it is painted on me. I think I first got fascinated with tattoos when I was in college. At that time I brushed it off as a teenage fancy (Ah..the trials…
It has been over three months since I came back to work. Three months. A quarter of a year. I like the work I’m doing. It is fascinating and fun and challenging enough to keep me interested but not so much that I’m crumbling under the pressure. I like the…
The working world today is different from what it was when our parents joined it. On one hand, it is more demanding. The hours are longer, the competition fiercer, the effort involved greater. On the other hand, it is more flexible. Structures are more fluid, roles less defined, protocol less…
I read an article in the Mumbai Mirror today titled “Find the missing comic”. It listed all the finalists of ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’ and surprise, surprise…they were all male! The article went on to ask people whether women had a sense of humour or not. Of course we…
Yesterday I went out for a drink with some colleagues. The talk turned to drinking games and we started on one called ‘Never ever, have I ever’. Here’s how it is played. One person raises his/her glass and proclaims “Never ever, have I ever….” and ends it with a statement….
