With nothing but budget-related tamasha all over, here is something that might help divert your mind away from this rubbish. Trust me! The budget as a rule is usually completely irrelevant for you and I. Last week, at a Gujju community dinner, I ran into a colleague’s parents. While catching up with them, I remembered that …
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If You Don’t Like, Don’t See It
My morning routine involves a 15-minute read of the front pages of all the English newspapers; rarely is there any item that positively changes my mental outlook for the day. This Thursday though was different. At least two papers carried a news item that had me chuckling throughout the day, keeping me so amused that …
One Smile is All it Takes
Queues are stressful. Whether they are airport security lines or the lines at the passport office; they are all uniformly distasteful. Here’s what happened two weeks ago. I have to get a passport renewal done. I reach at 9.45AM to see that a large line has already formed, since people have been queuing up from …