I had written sometime earlier about impatient Indians (and those keen to broaden their horizons can read about it here, or for that matter here again). I’m no different. For example, I hate waiting for … Off to a Concert But my impatience really peaks when fun things that I…
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Air India Chaos and Comedy – A Hilarious Tale about Flying Home
Patience, some wise man (who evidently never came across Indians) has said, is a virtue. My son had recently travelled from London to Delhi (and onwards to Hyderabad) and his narration about the journey rang a bell. (Mainly because I had written about this peculiarity of us Indians earlier and…
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Humour in Games. Talkin bout you and me and games people play
So said Joe South, not to find humour in games, but in a moment of philosophical clarity. However, as most of us are not Socrates or Bertrand Russell – ‘All work and no play makes Krishna Kumar Kadetotad a dull boy’, is more easily understood. I didn’t want to be…
Indian Nostalgia. An Ode to ‘Our Times”. A trip down Memory Lane
Firstly, anyone not born in the sixties can skip reading further. Secondly, no humour is intended, this being nothing but a nostalgia trip about life in India during the 70s and 80s. Life in India during the 70s and 80s had Sholay, Gavaskar, Rajesh Khanna and Rajdoot GTS (Bobby). Airlines…
Personal Life Stories. Robbery at the Salon!
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…
Observations on Indian Life. Everyone Likes a Good Haggle
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…
Real India Through Humour. The land of history, 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”)….