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The World of Jigneshbhai & Swami is a series of light-hearted stories about the familiar chaos of everyday life. Through conversations over coffee and everyday adventures, Jigneshbhai’s quiet wisdom and Swami’s restless curiosity explore family, work, society and modern living with humour and insight.
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“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
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
“Artificial Intelligence is going to completely change investing” said Swami excitedly as we met for our coffee. Jigneshbhai did not react, and continued sipping his black coffee, as usual. Swami was not the one to be discouraged by that, at least immediately. So he continued with even more enthusiasm. “Machines will be reading through stock … Read more
“Where have you been?” asked my friend Swami to Jigneshbhai, as we met for our weekend coffee after a really, really long time. Indeed when I checked, it was over a year since we had last met, and some of our coffee house friends had also started asking me why we had stopped meeting. “I … Read more
“Many years back there used to be an ad for some detergent remember where the lady of the house boomed with pride ‘ढूंढते रह जाओगे’ when her husband found no stains on his shirt. Do you remember that?” asked Jigneshbhai while sipping his coffee last weekend. Swami and I met our broker friend Jigneshbhai had … Read more
“Do you remember Dr Rustom Pavri that character from Munnabhai MBBS that helps Munna pass all exams and not get caught by answering questions secretly on mobile?” asked my broker friend Jigneshbhai when we met for coffee this morning. Swami and I had a distinct smile of recognition on our faces but weren’t quite sure … Read more
Oct 07, 2016 “Tamam gawahon ke bayaanat aur sabooton ko madde nazar rakhte hue” started Jigneshbhai in a very filmy mood when we met this weekend for coffee. “Isn’t that how that dialogue went in the old Hindi movies?” Swami, a big fan of Hindi movies completed the dialogue that my broker friend had started. … Read more
“Swami uncle, how do you know that Ganpati Bappa goes to his home elsewhere after we immerse him?” asked Jigneshbhai’s son as we were returning after immersing the Swami’s Ganesh idol after this year’s festival. It was Swami’s turn to be at the receiving end of questions this time from our broker friend’s son. Jigneshbhai … Read more