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.
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Jammin’ traffic
There is much that can be said about traffic in Hyderabad but unpredictability is perhaps its chief signifier. Read the rest of this entry »
widow pinchin’
Some time back our city had an election. Read the rest of this entry »
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… Read the rest of this entry »
…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 Read the rest of this entry »