Thanks to the rapid progress made in the field of science, interesting consumer durable goods are making it to the market, thereby helping a lay person like me to make humour columns out of. Yesterday, I received a press release from a popular white goods company announcing that it has launched airconditioners which “can be controlled from anywhere in the… Read more →
If you have been working with a newspaper, even as a tea supplier, chances are that from time to time you will be invited to assorted functions to give speeches. It is no different for me. And the functions that I have been invited to mostly fall in this group: 1) Association Meetings 2) College/School events 3) Humour club gatherings… Read more →
With the Board exams just around the corner, this week’s column gives some common-sense advice to students on how best to prepare and organise themselves during study ‘hols’, a period that is deemed very important in the academic calendar, mainly because it allows schools to collect fees without having to teach the students anything. Before we start off, let me… Read more →
New Delhi: A day after he surprised everyone by turning up at the airport to personally receive Barack Obama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today upped the ante by skipping protocol again and announcing, impromptu, a Padma Vibhushan to the US President. And keeping in line with his go-getting style, Modi, without waiting for the Rashtrapathi Bhavan to go through pointless… Read more →
The Chennai Book Fair ended this week. Here are some personal notes on it: We had smartly chosen the evening of a weekday to avoid the mad congestion that is inevitable at such events on weekends. On our arrival at the YMCA Grounds in Nandanam, the venue of the Chennai Book Fair, we realise our smart thought has basically occurred… Read more →
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