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Desperate Lives

There is nothing like having a guest from outside to see your state with clarity. Having played host to a fried of mine from the neighboring Tamland, I now sit here, to look back on the visit.The...

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Painful History

Today was a painful day in my life. Having gone to the doc to remove a wart underneath my foot, I listened in horrified fascination as the dermatologist explained to me about the cryo-something that he...

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My Reservations

One upon a time, not that long ago and not so far away, when I was a kid, we had a servant at our home, called 'Rajani's mom' [ RM from here onwards.] She lived nearby, and had two kids, and the...

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The parting gift from kerala

The rains are finally here. And they have washed up quite a lot of memories.Of playing in the puddle, trying to catch the small fishes and tadpoles, ever vary of the watersnakes...Of being wrapped up...

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Unanswered

Why do you act and feel like a preschooler when you are with your parents?Why do your grandparents think of you as a baby in a cradle?How can you enjoy the rains as much as you want anywhere else in...

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Au Revoir!

As I get ready to move from inertness to activity tomorrow, here is a thank you note to all those TV channels and shows which kept me occupied through the better part of two months. Without much ado,...

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My philosophy - in terms of Matrix

Neo: "How about I give you the finger... and you give me my phone call." - idea of bargainingMorpheus: "Time is always against us. Please, take a seat there." - how I approach workNeo: "I know Kung...

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Gurgaon Vignettes

Friend, on the way to a dinner invitation : "We can call this our rural stint. There are just malls and nothing else here!"Malls are the magic lamps of Aladdin in Gurgaon. Your basic needs like food,...

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Vignettes of Conversation

I did not have more than two shots of tequilas this weekend. Given my history of weekend binges, this one was sedate by all accounts. But given a choice to relive any of the three weekends that I spent...

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Men!

Lets get back to my favorite subject: Men. First the Yucky stuff: The freaks in Orkut.What makes people think that I would be interested in adding totally unknown men as my 'friend'? Why, O why; do...

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Men Continued

However, I would strongly recommend any girl to have some guys as close friends around. Its all very well to have women friends around, but you do need men to tell you :"Stop being such a drama queen!"...

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A fever...

A fever...Makes you prioritize your life. You will still watch Johnny Depp's antics on screen, but will sacrifice fashion and will go bundled up in a winter coat in Gurgaon.Makes you talk less and...

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Whiskey Maggie

Yup, you read it right.XLers tend to think that every other person - especially from the IIM-FMS-MDI circuits are as debauched as they are. So when an otherwise normal looking man refuses non veg food,...

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Demands

Make me strong, and weak.Give me the courage to run the race, and say no to it.Give me friends, and keep me detached.Teach me to laugh, cry, and to feel.Teach me to let go, and forgive.Teach me to...

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Actually...

Mashmallows for breakfast.Sunny sky with a nice friendly mongrel to pet.Captain Sparrow with popcorn.Long winded sms conversations.10th floor flats, wind and clouds.Rain from the office windows.A good...

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Tag

I am thinkingAbout my friends with whom I have not kept in touch. I miss them.I said"Why me?" when unexpected events happen in my life. I still do.I wantTo belong... Desperately.I wishI could care less...

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Requiem of a friendship

I really, really hope that someone shows you this post. Someone who kinda get the picture and care for me enough.Friend, I am bailing out.Had I been naive, I would have stayed put.Had we actually...

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Addendum to the previous

Ok, I hope that if someone showed you the earlier post, they show you this one too.I have been doing some thinking. And what do you expect, you are actually a good friend of mine - atleast I feel that...

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These are just some of my favourite friends

The One who, in our first face to face meeting, wanted to blast me for 'outing' his blog link to my PG community. The only guy with whom I can discuss guys.The One whom people either mistook as my...

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Looking back... and looking ahead.

I decided on which company to join pretty early. Two of my best friends from the senior batch has already joined that firm, and the chance to be with them for some more years was too tempting. They...

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Tales from Yembeeyeah! land

Once upon a time in Yembeeyeah! land, there was a good looking chap. Tall, fair, slightly rolly-polly, cleanshaven and hygienic. A mother's dream choice for her daughter. Let us call him Alag; for he...

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Self help? Bah!

You see, the problem with all the self help books is that, they snip out the really important stuff. Same with the self help columns. I abhor self help books but have read most of them - life plays...

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Learning experience

For the past few weeks, I have been talking with my juniors, their juniors, batchmates, old engineering friends, past and present colleagues and what not. Now, sitting back on a Sunday evening, I...

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Learning experience Redux

Searching for a house to stay in Salt Lake can be a life altering experience.Now, don't get all politically correct on me. I mean no disrespect to Bongs, especially when some of the most intelligent...

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adios mate!

I have always been a sucker for cartoons.For me, cartoons make more sense than TV or movies. As most of them cater to kids, they have to. Children take no bull from anyone.But cartoons keep...

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