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Waiting on luck: Teen patti, tambola, horse race … One day the winning hand will be mine
October 25, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
One of my dreams besides stealing a fluffy white robe from a hotel room is to have my bank manager stand and greet me when I drop by. Since my two ends do not even…
October 25, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Dark rooms: That’s where the camera used to tell the truth, but only after making you wait for weeks
October 11, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
It wasn’t so long ago that we bought a roll of film, loaded it into the camera in a dark room and moved the control wheel till it came to the number 1-1 though often…
October 11, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Cheque mate: Signatories travel a lot, their itinerary a direct reflection of your dire need for money
September 27, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
The sweetest words in any language are ‘your cheque has been signed.’ The problem is that very often when it is supposed to be winging its way to you, it isn’t. Instead, it has tied…
September 27, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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No-ball nonsense: Either call it when the ball is being bowled or forever keep your silence
September 13, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Now that we have made a mess of the Asia Cup, let’s make a little fun of the so-called game of life since chess has been cornered by kings and other such blue bloods. The…
September 13, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Where’s my bag?: So many emotions chase each other as one waits at the airport baggage carousel
August 30, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
If you ever want to witness the delicate balance between hope and despair go stand at an airport baggage carousel. The track is still and there is this desolate wilderness feel about it. One man…
August 30, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Chatty laddie: What do you do when your neighbour on the flight is a doctor?
August 16, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
So I find my aisle seat on the plane and the man in the window has his face buried in a book and he is clearly not one of those chatty types you get on…
August 16, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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On the panda’s trail: If you can separate it from the rabbits, it may tell you who you are, the true you
August 2, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
I have delusions over optical illusions. I can’t go to a search engine without being kidnapped by one of these images. There is this panda frolicking in a sea of rabbits and now I must…
August 2, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Us klutzes: We are so misunderstood, maybe we are victims of a conspiracy
July 19, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
So, are you a klutz? The sort of person who touches something and it falls apart or simply stops working and people look at you with that really, can’t you be more careful glare. I…
July 19, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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I have got blades: And I shall use all of them after overcoming the perils of human-resistance packaging
July 5, 2022, 3:00 AM IST
I have just been gifted a razor with five blades. There was a time you unscrewed the little stainless steel safety razor, put in a blade and that was that. Now my new brigade of…
July 5, 2022, 3:00 AM IST
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Change of plans: If the boss is bored on Sunday, it won’t be funday for you either
June 21, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Far too many big bosses find Sundays distressing. Not only do they lose their power base but their unquestioning authority in the office is bruised at home. Actually, they are bored. Bereft of those accoutrements…
June 21, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Don’t eat the yolk: There is nothing left that is good for us, rice also sucks, potatoes are just bad news
June 7, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
We have stopped eating white bread. So much for the staff of life and breaking it with loved ones and friends not to mention the daily portion allotted to us. The Russians once said, “With…
June 7, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Joys of flying again: It all begins with you checking you have your passport for the 27th time
May 24, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Now that we are all taking planes again, this will happen to you. The trolley you select out of hundreds has wobbly wheels and goes six weeks to Sunday. Your suitcase will fall off it…
May 24, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Not to the manner born: When you don’t know to want a cracker with your crab, or that mince pies are sweet
May 10, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Have you ever felt out of place like you were a poor relative at a rich man’s wedding and your shoes were cheap ripoffs and everyone knew? Like I was sent a car by a…
May 10, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Checkmate in eight moves: Strategies for beating those who are super smart but only in a super annoying way
April 26, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
This is my son-in-law’s story. We all had someone like him in class. Knew he knew more than the rest. Was always doing those puzzles with ‘find the piece with dots or triangles that goes…
April 26, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Back to office: Goodbye WFH. I won’t miss you. The hype never lived up to the reality
April 12, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Not so long ago there was all this excitement over the new normal and working from home and how Covid had changed everything and who was going back to the office? Corporate gurus came out…
April 12, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Crying baby: He wasn’t there when I finally returned to the movies, but others made up for his absence
March 29, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Now that Covid is skulking in the shadows recharging its batteries or whatever viruses do when they are pooped, we went to the movies. All the people who should be banned from the hall were…
March 29, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Yoohoo, darling?: I just called to say I love you, stop hiding behind the kettle
March 19, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
I have no problem with people who live in a ten-bedroom house and do not answer their mobile phone. If they have gone swimming downstairs can appreciate the phone is not with them. And if…
March 19, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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All about nothing: In games wives and husbands play, winning is very elusive
March 1, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
Of the most dangerous uses of single words the most devastating is when you turn to your wife who is looking like thunder and you shortsightedly say what’s wrong and she says, nothing. That ‘nothing’…
March 1, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Go to guard bhaiya: What to do when driving around the blocks in a locality, totally lost
February 15, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
So you are trying to locate C-75 in a housing colony and you get to C-74 and then it miraculously changes to F-708 and you are now totally marooned. Making rude sounds about idiots who…
February 15, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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Big suspense: Not so much about the budget as about what the economic experts will declare it to be
February 1, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
I belong to that category of people who nod wisely over the details of the annual budget but have no clue what it all means. In my time the newspapers had two columns with arrows…
February 1, 2022, 2:05 AM IST
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