Satire “Where is the Maulana?” 2 Apr 20202 Apr 2020 I normally avoid television news, to preserve what little is left of my sanity. Internet headlines are enough to paint the grim picture for me. But, in these Corona days,…
OPINION MG Road and Corona Virus 21 Mar 2020 Is there a connection? There is! Most Indian cities have the ubiquitous MG Road. Thankfully, youngsters can still identify MG, unlike the SB Roads in Pune and Mumbai. A young…
OPINION Unnati – The Progress 9 Mar 20209 Mar 2020 “What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare said. Who can argue with the great Bard? But maybe, the…
मराठी उन्नती 8 Mar 20209 Mar 2020 नाव ठेवणे आणि नावं ठेवणे ह्यात किती फरक आहे? म्हणलं तर खूप, अन पाहिलं तर काहीच नाही. नावं ठेवणारे खूप पोटतिडकीने नावं ठेवतात, तरीही त्यात सत्य नसतं आणि बारशाला नाव…
OPINION Happy New…? 3 Jan 202013 Jan 2020 I did nothing special on the night of 31st December, but, hearing the revelries outside, began to worry that I had turned into a humourless and colourless old man. I…
OPINION How Clean Was My Beach 30 May 201913 Jan 2020 In my childhood, some fifty years ago, I had spent a wonderful weekend on a beach in Konkan with my parents and the memory still does fill me with thrill.…
OPINION Malli Baba 14 May 201913 Jan 2020 I don't enjoy IPL cricket, because I see all the players as 'ours'. Where's the joy in one winning at the cost of others? So, I relish the international matches…
HUMOUR… DTH: A Truly TRAIng Task! 5 Feb 201913 Jan 2020 "Haven't you done the job yet?" Wife asked. "I'm trying..." I said, actually trying only to sound more confident than I felt. If you have done that job, and that…
मराठी आपला(च) माणूस 26 Oct 201813 Jan 2020 नुकताच ‘आपला मानूस’ हा सिनेमा बघितला. नानासाहेब पाटेकर यांचा सिनेमा असल्यामुळे आमच्या अपेक्षा जरा उंचावल्या होत्या. सिनेमा सुरू होतो अल्फ्रेड हिचकॉक स्टाईल मधे प्रेक्षकांच्या समोर एक डेड बॉडी पडून! ते…
मराठी बकेट लिस्ट – आमचीही 10 Jun 201813 Jan 2020 बकेट लिस्ट नामक एक इंग्रजी सिनेमा अनेक वर्षांपूर्वी आम्ही पहिला होता. तो इंग्रजीत असल्यामुळे आम्हाला समजला नाही. बकेट लिस्ट नावाचा मराठी सिनेमा आम्ही नुकताच बघितला. तो मराठीत असूनही आम्हाला समजला…
मराठी वाट वेगळी… 27 May 20187 Mar 2020 २०१२ साली माझा १९ वर्षांचा मुलगा, अग्नेय, बी कॉम करत होता आणि त्याबरोबरच त्याचा CA म्हणजे Chartered Accountant किंवा सनदी लेखापाल बनण्यासाठी अभ्यास चालू होता. CA होण्यासाठी पहिली पायरी असते,…
OPINION The Difference 26 May 201813 Jan 2020 In 2012, my son Agneya, then 19, was doing Bachelor’s in Commerce while simultaneously studying to be a Chartered Accountant. To become a CA, the first step is to pass…
मराठी भाग्यासी काय उणे रे… 10 Mar 201813 Jan 2020 आपण बरेचदा म्हणत असतो की माझ्याकडे पैसे नाहीत, किंवा पुरेसं शिक्षण नाही, किंवा मी खेड्यात जन्मलो, किंवा नशिबानं साथ दिली नाही म्हणून मला हवं तेवढं मोठं होता आलं नाही. बरोबर?…
OPINION Who’s the Fairest of Them All? 6 Jan 201813 Jan 2020 I believe I am fair. Fairly fair. Fair in my feelings and dealings, but not fair in the colour of my skin; not the way we complexion obsessed Indians look…
HUMOUR A Mathematical Fairy Tale 10 Dec 201713 Jan 2020 ‘Every day, Jack arrives at the train station from work at 5 pm. His wife picks him up at 5 pm and drives him home. One day, Jack gets to…
मराठी ह्या स्वातंत्र्यदिनी, डोळ्यात आलं पाणी 14 Nov 201713 Jan 2020 ह्या स्वातंत्र्यदिनी आलेल्या अनेक शुभेच्छा संदेशांमधे एक अत्यंत वेगळा फोटो होता, जो बघितल्यावर डोळ्यात पाणी आलं. आणि त्यानंतर डोळ्यात पाणी आणणारी आणखी एक घटना घडली. सुट्टी असल्याने प्रभात फेरीसाठी सकाळी…
OPINION A Year After Demonetisation 8 Nov 201713 Jan 2020 Exactly a year ago, on the night of 8th November 2016, I got a call from a friend, asking agitatedly, "Are you watching television?" "Yes," I replied, "A movie." "Movie?"…
मराठी धरून हात माझा 4 Nov 201713 Jan 2020 माझा मुलगा परदेशी शिकायला चालला होता तेव्हा स्फुरलेली हि कविता. © अविनाश चिकटे https://www.facebook.com/AvinashChikte/
HUMOUR Facebook Friend or Fiend? 26 Oct 201713 Jan 2020 Remember the song from The Sound of Music, 'I am sixteen, going on seventeen?' Well, I am fifty six, going on fifty seven. Naturally, I'm not too active on Facebook.…
मराठी भूमिका 6 Oct 201713 Jan 2020 भूमिका. एक छोटंसं नाटक. एक लेखक/दिग्दर्शक, दोन तंत्रज्ञ आणि दोनच कलाकार. विनीता पिंपळखरे यांनी साध्यासोप्या शब्दात दमदार लिखाण केलय आणि मधुराणी प्रभुलकर अन गिरीश परदेशी यांनी जीव ओतून काम केलय.…
OPINION Horrific Honorifics 24 Sep 201713 Jan 2020 “What's in a name? That which we call a rose; By any other name would smell as sweet.” Said William Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet. I was reminded of this…
HUMOUR Deeply Moved 18 Aug 201713 Jan 2020 Among the many messages I received early morning on this Independence Day, the one shown above was very different - and left me deeply moved. And then there was another…
HUMOUR Someone Will… 12 Aug 201713 Jan 2020 We all are very clean. Cleanliness has been a part of our culture and upbringing for thousands of years. Only, like everything else, we've modified the teachings about cleanliness to…
HUMOUR Taxing Times 28 Jul 201713 Jan 2020 "Hello, Sir! How are you?" Asked the young partner from the CA's office when I answered her call. What business does she have sounding so cheerful in July when hard…
HUMOUR I’ll Never Be A Great Man 22 Jul 201713 Jan 2020 A throat problem resulted in the ENT specialist advising me voice rest. So, I looked forward to spending my days silently, with a saintly smile on my face and feeling…
HUMOUR Smile, Please! 15 Jul 201713 Jan 2020 I call my daughter, 'The Selfie Queen'. She can click her own photo in a jiffy without seeming self-conscious and without appearing to be looking somewhere else - a trick…
OPINION What’s Up, WhatsApp? 6 Jul 201713 Jan 2020 I am a member of many WhatsApp groups, and so are you. Much against our desire and good sense, we are forced to remain in some of them, due to…
HUMOUR Mind Over Matter 4 Jul 201713 Jan 2020 I exercise regularly . . . ah . . .about once a week. After a ravenous summer enjoying mangoes and a little sickness that interrupted my exercise routine, my new…
