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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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“Have you ever been in a meeting towards the end of a project when a person who has not been to any of the preceding ones comes up with ‘small feedback’ that impacts everything?” Swami asked us the other day over coffee. Jigneshbhai flashed a smile, and I knew what was coming. “Did someone like … Read more
“Do you think AI will wipe out creativity?” Swami asked me the other day over coffee. As a writer, that was something on my mind. I had seen some of the recent AI tools and what they could do. It did feel like some of the AI might help. But it also did feel like … Read more
“When we were young, our parents always told us good things happen to good people,” Swami said, while sipping his coffee last evening. “Because you are good, you will get the job, they said,” he mused. “Or the promotion,” Jigneshbhai remarked watching Swami. “Or they will help you. Or they will buy your services.” And … Read more
“What if you find yourself in the middle of an ocean on a boat that is sure to sink?” Jigneshbhai asked me and Swami the other day. Swami was caught at that time dipping a cookie in his coffee, and it broke and sank. “What kind of arbitrary question is that?” Swami raised his eyebrows … Read more
“Once this project is over, I think the risk will reduce,” Swami said, as he sipped his coffee. “Raichand has said that next quarter onwards, things might get better and our jobs will be safe. Though one never knows,” Swami continued. Jigneshbhai munched into his muffin with a smile, while I wondered why Swami was … Read more
“My father-in-law used to be a businessman,” Swami remarked while biting into his muffin. “But that was twenty years back. He is a grandfather now. And on weekends, he is a moviegoer.” “Every few months, he becomes a traveller. He is also a devotee. And a reader. He has forgotten that he was a businessman, … Read more
“We are told be good, do good. But it’s no good to be good,” Swami said the other day over a cup of coffee. He had a fairly disappointed look on his face. Jigneshbhai and I wondered what it was about. We didn’t have to wait long to know. “I know you must be wondering … Read more
Jigneshbhai, Swami and I gulped a spoonful of the thirteenth and last dish participating in the annual organic cooking contest for which we had been invited by Shridhar Mama as judges. As part of the preceding twelve, we had relished whole wheat chapatis, fruit salad based on organic milk, sandwiches with organic jams and even … Read more
“The project is over but Raichand’s one upmanship on it isn’t, it keeps going on and on,” Swami complained the other day while sipping his coffee. “And his favourite, blue-eyed boy keeps complaining that he didn’t get his due for the project.” Swami had just returned from his company’s offsite where he had spent two … Read more