“Now that you’ve retired ma what do you plan to do?” asked her children as she came back from work the last day at the office. “Join a choir!” exclaimed the mother. “When your father passed on the Lord took over and I have a song to sing for the…
A Broken Voice for Christmas..!
Mumbai’s Protest Rally: A Return of Goodness..!
Contrary to what news reports say, it was not a mere twenty or twenty five thousand yesterday at the Mumbai protest rally at the historic August Kranti Maidan, there were at any given time nearly ten times the same number surging outside, unable to get in, extending right from the…
Too Young, Mr Ganguly?
Sourav Ganguly’s eighteen year old daughter, Sana, is said to have posted a message on Instagram, against the CAA. But loving father that he is, Sourav has said, that ‘she is too young a girl to know about Indian politics!’ And in that statement lies the snooty, snigger and smirks…
A Nation on Fire..!
“The country is on fire!” “I know, I know, I’ll douse the fire!” “Mamata says that instead of dousing the fire you are stoking it!” “Ah, you know she’s just a loudmouth!” “But now the country’s full of loudmouths!” “I’ll shut them up!” “With water cannons and tear gas? What’s…
Welcome the Unexpected..!
One morning I found my driver hadn’t come for work, because he was drunk, and I felt very angry about it. Angry, because I disliked my morning being ruined by the unexpected. We all hate anything unexpected, but quite often it’s during that unexpected time that strange things happen! A…
A Sad Santa Claus..!
It’s December, and as Christmas décor fills the world, I saw a Santa Claus, “Hey Santa!” I said to the sad looking Santa Claus standing near a mall, “You look a little sad, come on give us one of your Ho! Ho! Ho’s!” “Not up to it!” said Santa. “What’s…
The Modi Jacket..!
There’s only one person who looks good in the Modi jacket, and that’s Mr Modi himself! Today, every tailor, throughout the country is rolling out thousands of yards of cloth stitching these sleeveless new fashion statements for men of all shapes and sizes, who look strikingly ridiculous as they strut…
Dead as the Dead Sea..!
You all must have heard of the Dead Sea? Well, the Dead Sea is really a lake, not a sea. It’s so high in salt content that the human body can float easily. You can almost lie down and read a book! The salt in the Dead Sea is as…
Judge Marzuki In India..!
An Indonesian judge by the name of Marzuki was sitting in judgment of an old lady who pleaded guilty of stealing some tapioca from a plantation. In her defense, the old lady admitted to the Judge that she was indeed guilty of the crime because she was poor and her…
When Everest Turned Human..!
A judge in New Zealand followed by another in India have created history and maybe controversy with a single verdict; they have given human status, therefore legal rights to certain rivers in their countries! In New Zealand it is the Whanganui river and in India, the Yamuna and Ganga! Now…