The Tiger and the Frog

One of my favourite sayings when I was growing up was the Bengali line, “Jekhane bagher bhoy, shekhane shondhye hoy” which can be loosely translated as “Evening descends [for the traveller] just when he reaches the tiger’s area”. I was often getting into trouble and it reminded me how bad luck often piled on when one was down and out.

Jammin’ traffic

There is much that can be said about traffic in Hyderabad but unpredictability is perhaps its chief signifier.

widow pinchin’

Some time back our city had an election.

Heppy Knew Ear

Here is the exact copy of an email a friend of a friend got for planning the new year celebrations at the housing society s/he lives in. I know it’s all wrong to make fun of other people’s language skills (or the lack of them) but this one is so delicious…

…and the moral of the story is?

While the morality walas get their nikkers in a twist over the former governor of (still) Andhra Pradesh being caught on candid camera with his pants down