In a quiet café corner, two friends meet regularly over coffee.
Swami arrives with the latest worry of modern life — a confusing decision, a social irritation, or a small everyday crisis. Jigneshbhai listens patiently and offers calm observations that are equal parts humour and perspective.
Jigneshbhai and Swami is a series of short, light-hearted stories about the strange, familiar chaos of everyday living. Scroll through the conversations below and enjoy their reflections on the world around us.
“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
I often wonder what a worse condition is to suffer from – diabetes or heart disease. And what is easier to live or die with. Like the wife says it is easy to fix heart disease if it is only that. You may be able to detect it before you get a heart attack and … Read more
“Who is this S&P?” asked my friend Swami to my broker over a cup of coffee. Swami, who generally spends time with his family over weekends, suddenly called me on Sunday afternoon, and said he wanted to meet my broker friend Jignesh who knew a thing or two about investing. I was not quite sure … Read more