Smokerings...

People disappoint me. I tell them at outset they will. They insist... (in not so many words) "No, I'm the real deal..." and so...

Progress Report My need has frayed with time; you said it would. It has; I can walk again across the flood Of gold sil popples on the ...

At thirty-one when some are rich ... by Philip Larkin At thirty-one when some are rich And others dead, I, being neither, have...

Someone I know vaguely once wrote: This is your life, the one place you get to play God. Lovely background score for this. As usual, just pu...

When I went to engineering this would have been a demographic impossibility. Sigh. Once more... Well Never Mind

I have the terribly irritating habit of listening to the same song again and again, till my ears can’t take it anymore. Currently, that song...

RESTAURANT: Bombay Talkie, New York City ON THE MENU AS: Unrequited Love PREPARATION: 2½ ounces of gin, a half-ounce of sugar syrup infused ...

"The same night whitening the same trees. We, of that time, are no longer the same." Tonight I Can Write, Pablo Neruda. (0) (This ...

I am a day late into this post. I promised Ms. Rowling a post the day she was done with hers. She is, presumably. I just finished reading th...

I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean I love the country but I can't stand the scene. And I'm neither left or right I'm j...

I actually waited eight hours so that Anuja could be crowned the Queen of the Universe. So here is my post on my personal 8 idiosyncrasies....

"Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings....

Night In Jiangning A glass of tea; the moon; The frogs croak in the weeds. A bat wriggles down across Gold disk to silver reeds. The distant...

It is said that if you only read one page of Spanish in your life, make sure it was written by Neruda. Not entirely true, but for now this l...

http://film.guardian.co.uk/1000films/0,,2108487,00.html I've seen 165, including some I wouldn't regret not seeing before I died. An...

She stood in the doorway, every night around this time. Night had not yet fallen, neither could it be called daylight. Little girls hurried ...

... moved in noisily last night like a victorious army walks through the gates of a fallen city. Stealth in approach, raucous in conquest, i...

“Draft beer, not people." ~Bumper Sticker It is rarely that I post anything of any practical consequence. Here is an attempt at one. Sh...

D made me read Ithaca (http://ithaca.rice.edu/kz/Misc/Ithaka.html) on Sunday. It was beautiful, illuminating, mildly nostalgic and led to a ...

... and him bite very hot: Jamaican Proverb Third post in as many days. This must be a record. The Venue: Jazz The Occasion: Weekend I am dr...

My second post in as many days and that’s something that doesn’t happen too often. And on a similar sounding topic. But no. Last night on th...

********************************************************************************** "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spr...

Just happened to browse the Top 25 list on my Ipod on the way to work this morning and was quite surprised to see some of the entries. Most ...

The problem of being an odd size means more often than not I end up at the tailors. I like being there though- get my choice of fabric, and ...

Friday night (the most important time of the week) at Bombay Gym. The old company re-unites- Rosh down from HK, Pom from Indo... and the re...

I am scared. Really. And this is what I am scared of. I read this post on the ibnlive website under a section called blogs. Now, I quite lik...

This is why misanthropes like me love Scott Adams

X Listen. Listen. There are times when life calls out for a change. A transition. Like the seasons. Our spring was wonderful, but summer is ...

"What's so great about the truth? The truth hurts people - try lying for a change. It's the currency of the world." Closer...

I made every wrong choice a middle-aged man can make. I, uh, I pissed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who’s ever l...

The End A towel, fig bars and a bottle of mead. The End. I cannot grasp it, and I plead. You cannot "keep me hanging", as you say....

In all the hoopla about cricketers losing their corporate sponsorships, one important issue has been forgotten. Just wondering...what happen...

But for the sky there are no fences facing In the society we live in, our growing up years are littered with instances when someone or the...