I had started with the Indian Maid Story in one of my earlier posts. This post, ladies and gentlemen, is Part 2 of the same Indian Maid Story. Women often have to bear the injustices of an oppressive society. Logically therefore, one would expect, in keeping with our susceptibility to…
Category: We Are Like That Only
Trouser Wearing Guide : A Middle-Aged Man’s Guide to Sanity
Bertie – “There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, ‘Do trousers matter?’” Jeeves – “The mood will pass, sir.” For someone like me, who has spent two thirds of my life in the Armed Forces, trousers (or any other article of clothing), always need careful consideration. The young don’t agree. (Neither…
Marriage Comedy Blog : Cleopatra Cries & the Lizard Wars
The Wife came across a recommendation on Insta about a movie we should watch. This would have been simple about three decades earlier where the sequence of events would be to switch on TV… watch TV. Those were simpler times and I had written about it earlier. The instant case…
Viral Ambitions and Ministerial Confusions: A Pakistani Comedy Act
In these tension filled moments between India and Pakistan, Mr Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the Defence Minister of Pakistan, stands out as would Arnab Goswami dancing the flamenco. He is unique. So unique that this post could well be titled Khawaja Asif Blunders. Indians may not know the Indian Defence Minister,…
Waiting for Sonu Nigam: A Story of Impatient Indians at Concerts
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…
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…
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…