The Sure Bet
We were all sitting in executive lunch tables.
"Rao, would you like to bet on the world cup winner?" Asked one of my colleagues.
All that...
Mobile-in-law
My mother-in-law is in Kuwait. Like everyone, she has lately developed the urge to pour her emotions into the all pervasive, slim & trim,...
Kankanady to Kaikamba: Non stop ( till the next stop)
Someone needs humor in this incessant rain. What with 'folding' umbrellas turning topsy ?turvy and those 'grandpa' umbrellas, a dying breed. And your priceless...
Of Hell, Rock Groups and Churchill
Just the other day my five year old son Ethan put the question that kids at his age usually do "What happens when we...
From Uncle Sam with Love
Prologue:
The son has finally made it big in the US of A. Everything appears bright and beautiful although Xmas is almost a whole year...
2006 – The End Of The World!
I cannot imagine what goes on in my wife's head sometimes. She's been as fearsome as a Viking all year through but now when...
Eddie’s entry to heaven
It was a Friday afternoon, the time was quarter to two and Eddie as usual, after downing two pegs of whiskey and gulping down...
To Sir With Humor – Teachers Day Special
Teachers Day! This colloquial word still evokes the image of a saree clad spectacled lady, brandishing a stick threatening to hypnotize young wards under...
Throne Where All Are Equal
The other day a topic of conversation with friends touched on a sensitive subject ? death, and the great equalizer it is. Whilst I...
The Mega Barter
"Did Suma's husband call you?" Asked my wife."No. what's the matter?" I was sure there is something."May be he will call you tomorrow." She...
