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...
Oscar Wilde gets his library card back
It is only when one has lost all things, that one knows that one possesses it. Oscar Wilde.
Tucked away in an insignificant corner of...
Deepavali and Diwali. One festival. Two facets
One of the hallmarks of our great Nation is it’s diversity - of culture, language, dress, food and many more attributes - including our...