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Pondichery from the Sea

Today, I had a great boat trip on the sea with a fisherman friend. Was joined by Biraj and Meesai Mariappan. The highlight of the visit was catching up with some dolphins in the sea. I am told that there will be hundreds of them if we go some 40 KMs from […]

In our own styles: Priyanka & I

It’s difficult to imagine that the suave Bombay girl and I will have a common attitude to clothing (see note on cloth shopping). In my recent trip to Bombay, I discovered just that. Priyanka and I both prefer loose cloths. We just seem to do it from different perspectives. I do […]

The umbrella

Joie de vie could just be another name for Jubeet. Even in the exam season of D.School, you could count on her to see a perpetually cheerful person…and it was infectious. “Oh Vivek, I should tell you about this”, she’d often start, her face brightening as she broke into mild laughter – and […]

The importance of a pot belly

A Panchayat president I interviewed recently told me sweetly that people listen to her because she’s plump.  Two years and twenty additional kilos earlier, I would have missed the import of the statement, but now I don’t.  Let me give you a quick background before I start.
I was very thin and was often called a […]

2007: An year with friends

2007, like never before, has been a year with friends
It started with Lindsey who decided to fly in on a New Year day to get a discount. I spent two wonderful weeks in company of this charmingly vivacious girl. There have been trips to Delhi to catch up with many a friend and […]

Snakes, Tigers and Crazy Friends

A friend of mine believes that tigers are rational and calculating. If he were a philosopher or an academic of some other brand I would have acquiesced to his argument. But Vinayan and I were in a jungle and we were waging a life and death argument. “Tigers know that if they […]

Playing the muscleman in the SJC annual play

Cyril invited me to do a small part in the SJC annual play, a valuable source of “free attendance”
I was pleasantly surprised when Cyril invited me to play a small part in the Tamil Play for the annual day of St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchy. I was to be a muscle man who beats […]





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