Never again. As I wrestle my way through the umpteenth “Puja sale”, barking at fellow shoppers and terrorising already harried shop assistants, I furiously mutter to myself, “Never again, you fool. But you never learn, do you?”
True, I never learn. Every year, I do this to myself — allowing the mad cheer of the festive [...]
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Shopping for Durga Puja? Not me!
Posted in I Myself, Kolkata on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have Shoe, Will Throw
Posted in I Myself, Politics, tagged George Bush, Hitesh Chauhan, Indian Elections 2009, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Muntadher al-Zaidi on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When does a mode of protest cease to create shock and merely generate laughter? Or worse, indifference?
When Iraqi TV journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi hurled his size 10 sneakers at the deserving George W. Bush, the world reacted with shock and awe. Of course, the computer games and the jokes about journos entering press conferences in only [...]
Dreaded Phrase: Fat To Fit
Posted in I Myself, tagged Adhyayan, Bhagnani, fat, Fit, fitness, Jackky, Kapoor, Sinha, Sonakshi, Sonam, Suman, Tendulkar on April 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Why do they do this all the time? I mean, look at the picture above. This is a young man called Jackky Bhagnani, son of Bollywood producer Vashu Bhagnani. If you believe what you read, Jackky weighed 130 kg and had a waistline measuring 44 inches only a couple of years ago. Having shed 60 [...]
What’s in an identity?
Posted in I Myself, tagged Aamir Khan, Indian Mujahideen, Indian Muslims, Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan on July 31, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Of the numerous songs stored on my laptop, Man Tarpat Hari Darshan Ko Aaj from the 1952 classic Baiju Bawra is a particular favourite, but I have listened to it thousands of times without being struck by a most significant fact: one of the most poignant Hindu devotional songs in Hindi film history was written [...]
For Love of Mary Mother of Christ
Posted in I Myself on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, I admit I’m running scared… and taking a shortcut. This morning, a mail arrived in my inbox that absolutely ruined my day, because it promised me that I would certainly lose my family if I did not forward it to about half my city’s population.
Now, having been educated at a Catholic convent school, I [...]
My Son’s Story
Posted in I Myself on October 20, 2006 | 1 Comment »
My son turns five on November 18 this year. I resumed work when he was two-and-a-half months old, and consequently only spend any real time with him on weekends and holidays. Going home from work last night, I was consciously thinking of him at home — as opposed to unconsciously thinking of him — which [...]
Starting Over
Posted in I Myself on September 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Introduced to the bloggers’ universe a couple of years ago, it took me a while to decide whether I wanted a blog of my own. I decided I did, but didn’t know what I wanted to put in it. So I signed on anyway, played around with fonts, colours, and concepts, and came up with…a [...]
