Like, So and the Double Negative
I am not quite sure when people started opening their sentences with the words ‘like’ or ‘so.’ I rather suspect this unfortunate habit is...
Books in the running brooks
I was at the Bangalore Lit Fest last week. Ever since I moved from Calcutta to Bangalore some years ago, I have been meaning...
Power breakfast with Fred the Fly
An allegory
It has been widely rumoured that the two chief honchos who carry the enormous burden of running one of our country’s most important...
Death of the Encyclopaedia Salesman
‘The only thing you’ve got in this world is what you can sell.’ Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman.
A few decades ago, if you paid a...
The Solomon Grundy State of Mind
I don’t know about you, dear reader, but every single day of the week, I get a feel-good message from somebody or the other...