Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? / It took me years to write, will you take a look? The Beatles. Indian writers and writers of Indian origin, and they are not necessarily the same thing, are ruling the roost in the publishing world. Salman Rushdie doesn’t count, any more than does V.S. …
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An Inspector Calls
Good morning, Inspector. I was not expecting a visit from you. Not at two in the morning. Is there anything wrong? Can I help you in any way with your inquiries? Yes, I was sleeping. I believe it is normal for decent people to be fast asleep at this time of night. Or rather, this …
Old Friends
Can you imagine us years from today / Sharing a park bench quietly? / How terribly strange to be 70. Simon & Garfunkel There is this old school class mate of mine, let’s just call him RK whom I had not met for several years and whom I ran into quite unexpectedly. All said and …
No taareef for Trump’s tariffs
This tariff business has got the whole world in a twist. The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump vowed to impose reciprocal tariffs on countries which enjoy an advantageous tariff equation against the United States. That appears to include every single country on God’s green land including little-known islands where only penguins …
Brother can you spare 5 million USD?
Say don’t you remember, I’m your pal / Brother can you spare a dime? From the song composed in 1932 during the Great Depression in America. POTUS, or to put it in its expanded form, President of the United States, Donald Trump has just made an announcement the whole world would do well to pin …
India and China see eye to eye
While I cannot totally admit that the game of chess is a closed book to me, it can be safely stated that beyond being aware of how each of the pieces moves on the chess board, I will not be able to claim even the slightest degree of proficiency. I have, on the odd occasion, …
An Orwellian redux – 1984 meets 2024
I am not sure if Big Brother is watching you, but by now there is hardly anyone left with a mobile phone who has not received a call from an unknown number to which, if you absent-mindedly respond, a seductive, recorded voice will coo these magic words, ‘This is a call from the Telephone Regulatory …
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