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Most people who own autorickshaws or ride them want to get the hell out of them; which, if you are one of those contrarian, weird people like me, is a true compliment
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The moon has fascinated scientists and philosophers, astronomers and astrologers, poets and politicians
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Custom tailoring is the promise and pleasure of India, but also, in my experience, a landmine fraught with disappointment
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The flip side of civility has to do with selling and it is when your civility gets tested
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Chicory gives coffee its girth. New Orleans coffee comes mixed with chicory as do some Italian ones. Some say that chicory gives them indigestion; others say that it keeps the blood glucose levels down
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The thing with freedom is that you have got to know what to do with it. Idiotic allusions to butterflies and rainbows are not enough
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T balancer to the meat-eaters who sing the pleasures of pork chops and mutton biryani. Non-vegetarian delights may be beyond our palate’s reach but namkeens are egalitarian; available to all
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Sickness is a great unifier. Joy comes occasionally, sadness can be temporal but sickness and death spare no one
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Do you want danger and speed or comfort and engineering? The twain can never meet; and indeed, they shouldn’t
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Socializing and helping children with homework can go either way, depending on attitude, education and interest
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Chennai is now edgier, sexier, grittier but tradition has not given away completely in this traverse of time
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Negotiation is a necessary evil in today’s business world and the fact that I am saying it this way betrays who I am
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Indian wine is an orphan with an image problem. Unlike liquor, wine lacks a lobby. Wine lovers can protest all they want but there is no concerted effort by any coalition to make wine accessible to the masses
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Enamelling is the latest trend in watches. Most Swiss houses have captured advances in horology
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I admire gay people because they have to tread a path wrought with thorns. Their life pits conviction against convenience
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Starting a group is tricky because it usually involves opinionated people -- or it should -- each of whom has an agenda and a view on how to do things
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Indian healthcare, in my humble opinion, needs managers more than it does doctors
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The author feels women need safety, health, education and jobs
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If pigeon poop could corrode stone, my skin would be pigeon’s play for it. Could I somehow convert pigeon shit into an exfoliating mask?
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