
Make Me A Match.!
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a match Find me a find, Catch me a catch Matchmaker, Matchmaker Look through your books and make me a perfect match. And as the strains of Fiddler On The Roof’s, Matchmaker chorus fades away, I wondered how the local matchmaker was faring what with so…

Majority-Minority Syndrome..!
The dog was not in his best spirits. “Anything the matter?” I asked. He didn’t bother to look up. “The dog is not in good spirits,” said the wife to me. I nodded and waited for others in the house to make similar comment. “Listen,” I told the dog, “I…

Weeping In the Neighbour’s House..!
The wife told me we had to visit the neighbors this morning. She said we should take a box of sweets along with us. “Whatever for?” I asked, “are they moving out?” “Their daughter passed her SSC. It is a big occasion for them. Wear your suit!” “Suit?” I asked,…

No Need for Men..!
A few years ago, a scientist, Paul de Sousa of Edinburgh University announced at the BA Science Festival in Dublin that his team had succeeded in creating ‘virgin embryos’, or parthenotes, by stimulating a human egg to start dividing like an embryo without the addition of any genetic material from…

A Tale of ‘Returned’ Umbrellas..!
As the monsoon recedes I find many of my umbrellas borrowed quite often without me knowing, suddenly returning, just when I don’t need them anymore, and looking at them today, brought back memories of their ancestors who adorned my life ages ago! My first working monsoon in the city, money…