“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 earned cash has to be coughed up and Income Tax Return filed? But one has to be civil. “Oh hello.” I replied, trying to – …
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 as pious as the Pope – like many great men, who have spoken about the power of silence. Look at the irony here – they …
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 I have not been able to master. She has a selfie-stick and a phone stand and knows all the features of her phone camera, from …
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 familial, social or peer pressures, just so that folks do not label us as pompous asses who have grown too big for their boots. Being …
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 trousers became a bit uncomfortable around the waist. Dear Wife, never the one to let an opportunity go by, remarked in full view and hearing of the kids, “Your tummy …
