At 9 in the morning, the door of A13 Vrindavan Park opened, and a happy man in his mid-forties stepped out. “Good morning,” he said to the familiar traffic constable at the crossing. The policeman acknowledged the greeting. He continued using his whistle with skill to guide the traffic. “Move fast,” the traffic constable shouted … Read more
“You have to buy a 5-star rated fridge with a built-in stabilizer. If you don’t buy a 5-star rated fridge, then it is better you don’t waste your money on a fridge,” the salesman warned Swami. I never knew buying a refrigerator was such a complex activity. But I knew that day when we went … Read more
Hello, My new fiction novel “The Good, The Bad and The Silly” featuring Jigneshbhai and Swami is now available. You can get a personal copy of the book at the following links: PDF: https://ranjitkulkarni.com/product/thegood-thebad-and-thesilly/ Kindle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08777W31Z Paperback (after lockdown): https://store.pothi.com/book/ranjit-kulkarni-good-bad-and-silly Get Ready for Jigneshbhai and SwamiWhen an innocent health check-up report seen by Raji Periamma leads to Swami … Read more
What an experience the past 30 days have been! I hope this note finds you well, mentally, physically, emotionally. I pray you are as well as you can be, with a mix that is more in favour of happiness and joy than their opposites. For me, the past month has been productive as I finished … Read more
It was like every other weekend coffee conversation. But it was not. Swami and Jigneshbhai were having their usual question answer session. The questions weren’t ending and the answers weren’t starting. I don’t want to get into the details of the discussion because they are not relevant today. The wealthy old man was sitting on … Read more
Most of our business or success goals are self oriented. They are related to what we want. What if we could invert them? What if they are based on what others want? This is not as idealistic as it sounds. Neither is it altruistic. Nor is it irrational. It is more rational and practical than … Read more
No one trusts anyone easily anymore. There are real reasons for it. We don’t trust the celebrities telling us to buy things. They are being paid by the company. We don’t trust tweets and instagram posts. They are new ways of getting paid. We never trusted salesmen and marketers. Now we suspect them. By default, … Read more
Swami decided to join a protest last weekend. He told me and Jigneshbhai that we are going to have coffee at a protest. But a doubt cropped up. “Is coffee allowed at a protest? Who’s going to get it for us?” Jigneshbhai and I had no idea. We had never been to any protest. “Let … Read more
“Everything material is changing all the time and is temporary, so for lasting happiness, we should change our focus from what is temporary to what is eternal” said our broker friend Jigneshbhai as we met for our weekend coffee yesterday. Swami and I were stumped seeing him in such a philosophical, almost spiritual mood, specially … Read more