Columns

Boris and His Lockdown Parties..!
From his hairstyle I knew he was a Boris Johnson fan, and watched as he, Boris like, swept his unkempt,
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June 13, 2023
Hot as Hell..!
“How’s the heat in Bombay, Bob?” asks a friend. “Hot as hell!” I say, wiping the sweat flowing down my
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June 12, 2023
Fooled by a Golden Glow..!
The other day someone told me his sister had bought a phone worth a huge amount. “But your sister’s just
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June 11, 2023
Jesus, at School..!
It was the annual parent’s teachers meeting at the local Jewish school. The teacher, a lady with a long,hooked nose,
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June 10, 2023
Pickles, Sugar and Pepper..!
Many years ago while doing my Masters, I had a professor who taught me linguistics. This good man from a
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June 9, 2023
Tyrants, Unloved at Home..!
A few years ago, I’d gone to spend a month in Europe and when I boarded the Alitalia flight back
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June 8, 2023
Rape, Anger, and Exercising Restraint..!
For many years as honorary secretary of a prison ministry, we were given permission by the government to visit prisons
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June 7, 2023
D- Day and T- Day..!
Exactly seventy-nine years ago, the Allied forces fighting World War II landed on the beaches of Normandy to make a
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June 6, 2023
Bad Habits Need A Kicking..!
Some years ago, the late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister had a bad habit of chewing paan! Sitting on the dais
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June 5, 2023
Attention Seekers of the World..!
There’s not a day gone by that one does not come across an attention seeker! In the good old days,
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June 4, 2023
4th Man in the Fire..!
Good ole Kapil Dev! Not only did he lead the cricket team of 1983 to a World Cup victory, but
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June 3, 2023
Of Lust, Bishops, and Wrestlers..!
As I watch these innocent teenage girls protesting in Delhi, yes indeed, our daughters who won glory for our country,
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June 2, 2023