Though humans have always had a strange fascination for hair (You can read about my earlier article about this here), the Armed Forces care little for vanity. Consequently, having joined the Navy 35 years ago, I must confess that ‘salons’ were uncharted terrritories things for me. Haircuts in the Armed…
Category: We Are Like That Only
Who doesn’t like a good haggle? Indians certainly do!
India being yet, despite the recent spurt in growth, a poor country, her citizens love to get maximum value for the buck in all situations. None more so than when it comes to street shopping. This is one area where men have yielded the lead role to women/wives. Men are…
The land of history, enterprise, resourcefulness and ingenuity.
Do you know this Indian State? Well it is Bihar. Its honest citizens are hardworking and have this amazing knack of finding humour while answering the most trying of stereotypical questions. (Sample this – “Wahan toh sab raat 8 baje bandh ho jaata hoga?”. “Bhai, NOIDA main nahin hai Bihar”)….
Here a Scam there a Scam, everywhere a Scam Scam!
Newspapers nowadays are full of news articles about someone or the other getting scammed (Courier scam, Nigerian scam, Customs scam, etc). I would like however, to step back a few years. Those who know me will put me in the handsome, suave and ‘man of the world’ category. And for…
Everything I have learnt in life, I learnt from Bollywood!
India produces more than 1500 movies every year and the movies of my era (the born in the sixties generation) influenced me in many ways. They taught me Indian values, culture and racism. Please allow me to elucidate. If you are:- Now wasn’t that a master class on understanding India…
Which animal is most human? A parrot of course!
Ever been to those water parks wherein sea lions and dolphins do those amazing feats? Jumping through hoops, dancing and the like – almost human like? While extremely entertaining, these shows also show the remarkable bonds that humans can build with animals. Humans over the past many centuries have trained…
Vicarious pleasures. Why do we laugh viciously when someone falls?
Heard this joke? Kid goes to his mom crying. Kid – “Papa was hanging a painting on the wall and hit his thumb with a hammer.” Mom – “That’s not something to cry about. I would have just laughed. Why didn’t you?” Kid – “I did.” The Youtube is full…