Category Archives: Anecdotes

Self -commemoration through statues & street names has been the hallmark of one-upmanship across political spectrum . On a recent visit to Chennai, I came across a  story about how the outcome of such brinkmanship can sometimes be quite bizarre . This one dates … Continue reading →

Thirty five years & the memory is fresh even today.  “Jockey” , the” local” round the corner from my office in Sunbury-on-Thames . Cream-of-Tomato soup , Jacket Potatoe & a Pint of lager  on luncheon vouchers .  In the company of  colleagues : Elaine , … Continue reading →

Early at school millions like me were introduced to the Three Wise Monkeys of Mahatma Gandhi , symbolising the Gandhian thought that one must not See / Hear / or Speak Evil . The Monkeys  were nameless symbols of Propriety … Continue reading →

Deogarh seems like a good idea !! After over 11 hours on the highway , haven’t the energy to post other than this amazing Milestone GN & ATB

To continue with Cavafy’s poetry : this one is an absolute gem : Nero wasn’t worried at all when he heard what the Delphic Oracle had to say: “Beware the age of seventy-three. ” Plenty of time to enjoy himself. … Continue reading →

 Waiting For The Barbarians Came across this seemingly contemporary but 1904 poem by a Greek poet Cavafy : Not difficult to figure out contemporary parallels : particularly on a night of frantic political events & non-events triggered by a certain … Continue reading →