Take a chill pill!

Take a chill pill!

One day, about 35 years ago, when I was exiting an elevator in a building in NJ, I was politely asked if I was Indian. My affirmative response led him to ask me – Are you also a software engineer?” I was thrilled not because I indeed am, but because I was...
Cheers to old friends!

Cheers to old friends!

It has been a trying week being down with one infection or the other. One of my problems with illness is that beyond the discomfort, the lying in, the medicines, etc., it annoys me immensely. Not very mature of me but that is how I feel. I fret about lost time. About...
FARE THEE WELL

FARE THEE WELL

Yesterday, the sweetest and most beautiful dog passed away. While I knew he was not going to live forever, I did not put it past him. He had already defied most odds. You don’t get to be almost seventeen years of age if you are a Labrador. He came to us, the size of a...
New & improved

New & improved

A new year has always seemed like a harbinger of hope to the eternal optimist in me. It seems to be positively brimming with new beginnings; of doing things that I would like to but never get around to doing. Yes, it means I shall plan to do Yoga this year. Get more...
Sixty, Not Out!

Sixty, Not Out!

Nope, this is not about the Cricket World Cup. Even though a non-follower of the sport like me is unashamedly jubilant at the way Indians are making mincemeat of the other teams. This is about age, and the restrictions that we impose on ourselves for being a certain...