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The middle-aged bachelors party
March 8, 2015, 6:40 AM IST
An old friend comes over for coffee. This is an ancient friendship, a relic from the days when we didn’t have mobile phones and would call each other’s homes to make plans for the day…
March 8, 2015, 6:40 AM IST
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Why some of us choose to face the cave wall
February 15, 2015, 5:48 AM IST
The Paleolithic age: Six people went to hunt down the mammoth so that the tribe could eat, three people discovered fire, four invented language and hearing the first few words, two people immediately turned their…
February 15, 2015, 5:48 AM IST
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Scribbles on a monogram
February 1, 2015, 5:54 AM IST
Monday: Happy Republic Day. Obamaji arrived in India yesterday and after a joyful reunion at the airport; our Prime Minister was ready to welcome him again at Hyderabad House in a rather dashing pinstriped suit….
February 1, 2015, 5:54 AM IST
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A souvenir called happiness
January 18, 2015, 6:03 AM IST
It’s a cool December morning and I am cozily sprawled on a couch at my friend’s stately home in Cape Town. I see a little African boy playing with the dogs outside. He is tumbling…
January 18, 2015, 6:03 AM IST
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Ze way I learn ow to speak French
January 4, 2015, 12:46 PM IST
I do not make New Year resolutions any more and to answer the big ‘why’ that I can hear echoing around, let me take you on a gentle ride into the past. Jan 1, 2012:…
January 4, 2015, 12:46 PM IST
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May the force be with you
December 14, 2014, 6:46 AM IST
8am: The man of the house has decided to be extremely brave and take my entire family for a holiday. We are a group which ranges in age from 2 (the baby) to 76 (the…
December 14, 2014, 6:46 AM IST
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Parsis, dodos and other mysteries
November 30, 2014, 7:14 AM IST
Let me state at the very onset that I want Parsis to fight extinction for purely selfish reasons. It is very important to have three Parsis in your life: Your doctor, your jeweler and your…
November 30, 2014, 7:14 AM IST
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Two-legged animals on the loose
November 16, 2014, 12:15 AM IST
I am stumbling out of my bed at the crack of dawn because the man of the house has decided that he can’t find his Mudgal (an enormous wooden club) that he swings around his…
November 16, 2014, 12:15 AM IST
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