Feb 04, 2012 “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 … 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 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 there is … 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, specially 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 South Indian friend Swami as we sipped an evening coffee. I gave it some thought for a while and ventured a guess. “Beating Australia in … Read more
Dec 24, 2011 “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 … Read more
“I must leave now”, said Swami, my friend just as we were sipping our coffee. “Going out with family?” I asked, knowing that he was quite the family man. “No! Don’t ask – I have this big form I have to fill after going home, and submit it tomorrow without fail”, he said. “Hmm – … Read more
Dec 10, 2011 “Sehwag already held the record for the highest Test score of 319 by an Indian.” Jigneshbhai read from the Sports page of his newspaper. He looked up to us and further informed us “Now he also holds the record for the highest ODI score of 219 by an Indian and by any … Read more
“I attended a corporate training program on Customer Engagement Skills, and one of the things they taught us was how to deal with an angry or upset customer” Jigneshbhai told me and Swami as we had our coffee last weekend. I am not sure why our broker friend attends such programs. He was quick to … Read more