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Whatâs in a name: In the new normal when we are wearing masks and seven feet apart
March 30, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
I am not good with names and faces. My wife thinks it is because I do not care enough. I think it is because I have a very limited memory card in my mental laptopâŠ.
March 30, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Down in the car park: In that eerie glow the old faithful changes colours, and mindset is equally affected
March 16, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Thereâs something ghostly about an underground parking lot and itâs easy to get disoriented. My wife was busy texting after a long Mall Call shopathon when she got into the car and shut the doorâŠ.
March 16, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Perils of the password: My online banking account has been frozen so often I call it ice cube
March 2, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Amazing isnât it that people come to your home or office, plonk themselves and say, hey whatâs your password, I need to connect, donât have data. Why would I give you my password when theâŠ
March 2, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Zooming into trouble: When grandma gave it good to the boss, he who had shushed down her home
February 16, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
The wonderful world of remote working. Lawyer Rod Ponton fetches up on the split screen in the New York 394th district courtâs virtual case as a cat because he didnât remove the Zoom filter andâŠ
February 16, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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The art of society: Guess who didnât come to dinner, and they didnât even call
February 2, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Covid-19 has totally ruined their social lives. Known as the gatecrasher couple they had worked their presence into an art form. They would fetch up at all the A plus functions uninvited and no oneâŠ
February 2, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Pleasures of pithoo: Actually the tennis ball was my generationâs salvation across many games
January 19, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
If you are over 50, you will probably identify easily with the joy of owning a used tennis ball and what we could do with it including finding it when it invariably got lost. TheâŠ
January 19, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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Dear diary: I got a paper calendar! Delightfully retro and with the Sunday S in scarlet
January 5, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
There was a time in every office when folks fought over diaries and calendars come December and these corporate gifts arrived with much fanfare. The boss even had his âembossedâ and there were different levelsâŠ
January 5, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Only in sari shops: The accompanying husband is mute witness to a great game of wits
December 22, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
Men climb mountains, cross the Antarctic, dive into the depths and penetrate the rainforest. I go with my wife to shop for saris. Same difference. They are all expeditions. For the accompanying husband, utterly pointlessâŠ
December 22, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
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Donât bet on 2021: Remember how we dumped 2019 so fast at midnight and look what that did to us
December 8, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
Sometimes one can be seriously funny. No laughing matter. These days much of the conversation is about how it is December, thank goodness, and the end of this ghastly 2020 is nearing. As the QueenâŠ
December 8, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
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Ultimate marital test: Operation âhelp me with my blouseâ is more than husbands can master
November 24, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
If you are unmarried this article will not resonate with you unless, of course, you are in an intime relationship with a friend. Just as armies commandeer civilians wives also tend to conscript husbands inâŠ
November 24, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Yash Sinha: Muscle for the flaccid information commission
November 11, 2020, 2:15 PM IST
The office of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) is a bit of an enigma in that itâs there but no one quite knows what power or authority is vested in it. As such it hasâŠ
November 11, 2020, 2:15 PM IST
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The law of odd odds: Where you are trumped by that snivelling toadie â every single time
November 10, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
It is called the law of odd odds. Like when you stay late in office then that is the day the boss leaves early and does not notice your diligence and dedication and the desperateâŠ
November 10, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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Vexing IPL scenes: All from the comfort of their home, these folks gyrate madly
October 27, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
Those millions of us who watch the IPL cricfest daily may agree that one of the most irritating scenes is when a dozen odd folks start prancing about in squares on the screen, gyrating madlyâŠ
October 27, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
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Simisies/ samosas: Honey, I shrank the dinner because thatâs sophistication
October 13, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
A couple of days ago I had a Punjabi samosa. The size of a two storey building, big, robust, choked with potatoes and peas and so redolent the room reeled with the aroma. It wasâŠ
October 13, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
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IPLâs in the house: Plumbing is leaking, the oil is over. But shhhh, daddyâs watching the match
September 29, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
Daddy, can I go to the dance tonight? Yes, my darling daughter. Pops, can I take the car? Sure, my dearest son. Wife: I am talking to you, did you hear me, I am addressingâŠ
September 29, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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No hero for the zero: So why this fascination for choosing a series of circles that produce only a headache
September 15, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
I am all gung ho about Indians having discovered the zero, thanks Arya and Brahma, but little did you geniuses realise that somewhere down the line simple minded folks like myself will have to fillâŠ
September 15, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
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Rigours of WFH: This great remote experiment is becoming the equivalent of holding the family at gunpoint
September 1, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
This work from home stuff isnât such a hot idea. All that blarney about a man and his castle is flung to the winds as a siege is laid on the residence. And contrary toâŠ
September 1, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
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Moisture in your mobile: After which, as with the virus, everyone has sage advice and you are now an extended patient
August 18, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
Have you noticed how mobile phones have a tendency to plop into water. Break on a cement floor rather than soft sand that we know. As we do view glumly the cobweb snaking onto theâŠ
August 18, 2020, 2:00 AM IST
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In memoriam: There once was a mirror at home that showed a me that was the thinnest of us all
August 4, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Which one of you makes us look the thinnest of all? This is largely true. Many of us have favourite full length mirrors that make us look our best. WeâŠ
August 4, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
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One is a lonely number: It takes two to tango has become passe. You want to dance you do it solo
July 21, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
Covid-19 has impacted language. Last year you kept people at a distance because you didnât want them too close, no love for them, off my radar, please. Now you keep them away because it isâŠ
July 21, 2020, 2:05 AM IST
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