Swami told me and Jigneshbhai last week over coffee that he had told his trainer Sam that he was going to run a 10k. “What did he say?” Jigneshbhai enquired. Not that he was overly enthusiastic about running a 10k, but he was keen to know what happened. So was I, but I saw that … Read more
“For the last two years, this man comes to play every weekend,” Jigneshbhai remarked pointing to someone in the group having coffee on a table some distance away. We had come to the café straight from our weekend game of badminton that day. In the café was another group that frequented the badminton courts. “That’s … Read more
Since yesterday, I have been thinking that I will use the second Tuesday of this month to write a post saying that I am really grateful to everyone for reading the posts, for the emails you send to me, for the comments that you post on the website, for sharing the posts with others elsewhere. … Read more
At 4 PM, my phone rang. It was my friend Swaminathan on the other side. I hadn’t spoken with him for a while. I was in a meeting and neglected it. At 6 PM, it was Swami again. This time I answered it. And this time, also with him on the speakerphone was his close … Read more
“It is quite extraordinary,” Swami said as Puttuswamy drove past Town Hall, “that whenever I do some research on a medical problem before going to a doctor, the symptoms I read about suggest that I have got all the diseases listed in their most malicious form.” Jigneshbhai realised that Swami and his Google doctor had … Read more
“Why doesn’t he just shut up and let the game go on, instead of boring us?” Swami complained. He was watching the IPL final on that Sunday afternoon on his iPad while sipping his coffee. “So many players become commentators after retirement,” Jigneshbhai remarked, while sipping into his coffee. He peeped into Swami’s iPad to … Read more
More things are returning to normal than earlier, more people are making plans for the future than earlier and more eyes are brighter than earlier, all of which are good things. In that spirit of cautious optimism of the past month, I made some plans of writing more short fiction in 2021 than earlier :). … Read more
“With 122 runs required from 18 overs and almost half the side back in the pavilion, the man that India needs, the captain walks in to bat,” the commentator announced as Swami and Jigneshbhai watched MS Dhoni take guard at the crease. “This man will do it again,” Swami bet on the captain, like so … Read more
“One arm after the other, one pedal after another, and one foot in front of the other. For seven hours plus.” That’s what Sam said when Jigneshbhai and I asked him how he managed to finish the Ironman triathlon. The arms for swimming 2 km, the pedals for cycling 90 km and the foot for … Read more