George Menezes

At a recent paper-leaked-out SSC examination, the Geography section had an interesting question. “Where is Bandra located?”
All those who answered Chhatisgarh or Jharkhand were given full marks.

Now there is no need to get agitated because your child got it wrong. Obviously he doesn’t live in Bandra and hasn’t seen millions of adivasis from the above two States crawling all over Bandra in locust like formation Read the rest of this entry →

If nothing else, the title of this piece will ensure a more than normal readership. People love to hear confessions. Especially when it involves a person who they feel “thinks no end of himself”.

Impotency after all is a subject which like death is a great leveler. May be Charlie Chaplin is an exception, but it comes to each one of us stealthily, leaving us confused and groping. It functions beyond politics and, all said and done, defies the reach of “Mandalization” Read the rest of this entry →