“No Indian batsman will have Rahul Dravid as his batting partner at the other end anymore” Jigneshbhai said last weekend when we met for our coffee. It was indeed a sad day for Indian cricket, both Swami and I agreed, that we won’t be seeing Rahul Dravid in action anymore. The nice guy who finished … Read more
“I am not normally a praying man, but if you are up there, please save me Superman” said Homer J Simpson. That was fine, but when my friend Swami sounded similar, it caught my attention. “Jigneshbhai, I need a bailout” Swami pleaded as we were having our customary coffee over the weekend. “I have been … Read more
“When the Supreme Court eventually decided that the Army Chief is actually going to be 60 this year though he will not really be 60 years old, it was a mature decision from a wise judiciary which knew how messy it would get if it went into documentation arguments” Jigneshbhai declared as we were having … Read more
“Somehow the milk here seems to have too much water” said my Swami’s mother, while serving us tea. Having spent most of her life in Mumbai, she had come over to my Swami’s place in Bangalore for a few days. Her identity, for all practical purposes, was not just linked to being from Mumbai, but … Read more
“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
“Take the first left after the third signal from here” my South Indian friend Swami said to the person asking him directions in cold Delhi over hot coffee. “This is the 10th car since morning asking me for the address of the Ministry of Human Resources or Ministry of Information Technology” remarked Swami. “Looks like … Read more
My friend Swami had just returned from Australia, and joined us directly over the weekend coffee, straight from the airport. My broker friend and I were discussing what’s in store for the markets, especially after this mass downgrade done by S&P to European nations, when Swami barged in. After a long time, Jigneshbhai was not … 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