Despite intentions to cancel newspaper subscriptions and a genuine temptation to donate my television set to our building sweeper, I could not resist reading, day after day and watching television night after night the sickening scenario of the Adarsh building scam, the CWG day light robbery and the “Raja reality” show. Read the rest of this entry →
Only twice in my life has my heart stood still. Absolutely still. The first time was in 1956 when I saw this beautiful girl in a simple yellow dress dancing the tango to the music of Mickey Correia and his dance band.
I looked at her face and the movement of her elegant body and the dazzle of the yellow dress and it were, as if the Lord had said, “Let there be light and there was light” Read the rest of this entry →
Members of my family, especially my two dear sisters, are always amazed at my meticulous planning and the organized orderliness of my home and my paperwork. Read the rest of this entry →
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 →
