“I washed the dishes today” Swami proudly proclaimed, when Jigneshbhai and I visited them. For a change, we had met today at Swami’s house today for our coffee. The purported reason for that being that Swami had lots of work at home so he can’t make it today. Jigneshbhai insisted that we must meet, and … Read more
“There is one thing tougher than catching ‘Don’. Call it Mission Impossible if you will, though it is tougher than that. Can you tell me what it is?” asked my friend Swami as we sipped an evening coffee. I gave it some thought for a while and ventured a guess. “Beating Australia in Australia.” “No, … Read more
“A friend of mine recently left his job for a funny reason” Jigneshbhai told us when we met last weekend for our coffee. “Funny or serious – as long as he has left his job, good for him” Swami reacted, reflecting his state of happiness with his job perhaps. “Anyway, what was the funny reason?” … Read more
“The ocean in Mauritius is just wonderful, blue-green and pristine. Truly it is a paradise island”, said my friend, Swami who had just been back from his vacation. One of the few times I had seen him happy, without much to complain about. Just when I thought he was in a good mood, he said, … Read more
In the old MTNL days, customer service used to be quite honest. It may not have been good, but you cannot fault them for honesty. So when you called them for some request, mostly you were welcomed with something like “कृपया प्रतीक्षा करें, आप कतार में हैं” which made no bones about the fact that … Read more
“”Thukrao Ab Ke Pyar Karo, Main Sattar Ka Hoon!” Jagjit Singh started his concert with these lines earlier this year” Jigneshbhai said with a tinge of sorrow in his voice when we met a few days back. Both he and I were great fans of Jagjit Singh and were fortunate enough to have attended this … Read more
The wealthy man living in the sprawling bungalow near my house with his BMW and Mercedes speaks very sparingly. And whenever he speaks, it is quite cryptic. So, one must really concentrate when he is speaking, and think hard after he is done. So, the other day when my friend Swami and I were just … Read more
“One of the things that I learnt from the recent anti-corruption movement is that I think there is a generation of Indians who are the ‘in-between’ generation” said Jigneshbhai when we met for coffee last week. Swami and I started wondering what this ‘in-between’ generation means. Every generation is in between two we thought. While … Read more
My friend Swami had a new reason to complain since this morning – the rains. “I really got caught in the rains today – it was really bad, the weather, roads and traffic”, he told me as I met him today. Monsoon in Bangalore is, at best, mild, so a steady bout of rain in … Read more