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June 11, 2013
Melting Moments
There are cities that are termed 'melting pots of culture'. There is this city which seems to have taken that phrase too literally with a special emphasis on the 'melting' part. Delhi seems to be concentrating on melting anyone who has haplessly strayed into its precincts. So, if someone talks of a river of people in Delhi, you cannot be sure whether he is talking only figuratively or whether
June 8, 2013
A sense of humor?
After a long stint of hunting for jobs, Ajay bags one with a call center operation and rings up his close friend to share his joy.
"Dude! I got a job with ...."
"Pleeaase tell me you are not calling me to sell me insurance"
Ha Ha Ha
Ajay let his friend down badly by not laughing heartily at this sally. A shocking lack of a sense of humor! His friend was aghast.
Vinay's boss was at his
"Dude! I got a job with ...."
"Pleeaase tell me you are not calling me to sell me insurance"
Ha Ha Ha
Ajay let his friend down badly by not laughing heartily at this sally. A shocking lack of a sense of humor! His friend was aghast.
Vinay's boss was at his
June 4, 2013
A brief interval
Every now and then I make my readers extremely happy - by allowing them some peace with silence on my blog. This, then, is yet another such happy occasion. So, if you see dancing on the streets and people suddenly laughing out aloud for no reason, please do not immediately think of ambulances and straitjackets. It is merely one of my hapless readers unable to contain his joy.
Yes - it is
Yes - it is
May 30, 2013
Humor in Fiction
What does a humorist do when he runs out of ideas? He can bemoan his lack of ideas and shed copious tears all over a blog post. Been there, done that in the "Lament of a Jester". What other options does he have to keep writing?
Well, if one cannot write humor the next best option is to write about it. After all, hasn't someone said that "If you cannot do it, teach it"? So, there I go talking
Well, if one cannot write humor the next best option is to write about it. After all, hasn't someone said that "If you cannot do it, teach it"? So, there I go talking
May 28, 2013
The Metamorphosis of the Indian Heroine
About the first thing that you probably think is going to be there in this piece is the enormous reduction in consumption of textiles on account of the Indian heroine. You are doomed to disappointment, however, though it is rather difficult to entirely avoid that issue while on the subject of the changing face of the Indian heroine. This piece, however, shall probably concentrate on how most
May 22, 2013
The Metamorphosis of the Indian Hero
Change is always traumatic. And we live in a world that is changing every moment. Though all of us suffer through the stress of change I think the bulk of the trauma is being inflicted on the poor Indian heroes – especially the South Indian version. And, perhaps, trauma is inflicted on us by them in turn!
Was it merely three-fourths of a century back that the Indian hero had to merely loll
Was it merely three-fourths of a century back that the Indian hero had to merely loll
May 19, 2013
Once upon the tracks of Mumbai – A Book Review
‘Once upon the tracks of Mumbai’, written by Rishi Vohra and published by Jaico, is the tale of an autistic Babloo Srivastav who is unable to connect with the rest of the world except Vandana. The story revolves around his love for Vandana and his discovery of his self as ‘Rail Man’.
Despite the super-hero sort of build-up to the Rail Man part of the story, it is a largely a tale of
Despite the super-hero sort of build-up to the Rail Man part of the story, it is a largely a tale of
May 15, 2013
Shopping woes
I hate shopping. Almost everyone who knows me knows that I do. Very few, however, know why I do. Considering that I have burdened my readers with all the secrets of my life, I see no reason why they must be spared this one. After all, by now they have become long-suffering even if they had not started off by being so.
The problem for me is that I am badly scarred by multiple choice
The problem for me is that I am badly scarred by multiple choice
May 12, 2013
Heaven in Hell
“Take care of these nitpicking administrative details without bothering me, He says”, muttered the Gatekeeper with an apprehensive look upwards. “It would be easy enough if these mortals really believed that the ways of the Lord are unfathomable. Unfortunately, they say it and then proceed to try and fathom them. What is worse, they actually believe that they have fathomed them and who is
May 8, 2013
Words and Meanings Again
There are words that did not exist before and have been created since. Then there are words that meant something else in the past whose meanings have morphed beyond all belief over time. When such a change occurs over your own lifetime and the meaning of a word as you learnt it in school no longer applies now it is a very traumatic feeling. This once I mean to share that trauma with you - and
