My magnificent alma mater, has some funny NDA stories. This is one of them. The sporting infrastructure was top class and ample. To take hockey as an example, there were some dozen odd fields. But as with anything else in life, while they were all equal, some being better kempt,…
Indian Society Humour. Hair today, gone tomorrow!
Google tells me that humans grow hair on the head for various benefits – keeps the head cool, regulates body temperature, protects one from minor injuries, etc. Funnily, humans are one of those rare mammals that grow much more hair over the head than the rest of the body; quite…
Humour with a Twist. A Pool Party – Fun in Abundance
You know how liquor affects different people differently? It’s the cause of, as well as the answer to most of life’s confounding questions. Some otherwise reticent individuals become the life of a party. Some, quite ignorant of the vast gap between their capabilities and aspirations, become singers. Some others suddenly…
A Quirky Yamunotri Pilgrimage Experience: Always Look Before You Leap
Dear friends. You will recall that I had mentioned something about a Yamunotri trip in an earlier (as Bertie Wooster would call it), piece and which can be read here. Am sure you all must be panting for the full episode. Well I always aim to please, so here is…
Onsens – Really Embarrassing, Really Great Fun
Let me tell you about my Onsen experience (funny only in hindsight). The Navy in its magnanimity, decided to depute me to the National Institute of Defence Studies, Tokyo for some higher studies in 2008. Japan of course is an amazing country, neat to a fault, its citizens courteous to…
Everyday Life Comedy – Beware! Toilet Breaks can be Disastrous
This tale is about a Train travel gone wrong. Heard about the guy who needed a toilet break? It so happened that our man, with wife and kids in tow, took a train to Bhopal. Got off at Bhopal station feeling a bit stuffed in the lower regions of the…
Humour in Uniform. Want to Avoid Peril? Go for a Movie! Else Build Character!
Please allow me to hark back to my training days at the National Defence Academy. The Academy, in its attempt to lighten our days full of rigorous training, screened two movies a week. This post relates to one such day during my second term wherein skipping a movie resulted in…