Balancing act

I am sitting at the kitchen table.  It is still early in the morning.  The blinds are drawn back and bright sunlight has started to build itself up enough to come gatecrashing through the French doors.  The luminous blue sky is completely clear of any clouds.  The fading moon is struggling to hang on, trying …

I am a dreamer

“Do as I say.  Don’t do as I do.” This mantra has been very effectively used since time immemorial by self-serving generations of so called spiritual and political “leaders”.  One set of rules applies for everyone, while the doyens remain above all dicta.  Religion and Patriotism are two areas where this might be most apparent. …

Milestones

I wrote my first Blog on February 13, 2016.  As my blogs illustrate, I am not a writer but a dilettante serving up my life experiences to those who are passing by, looking for momentary amusement.  I cannot say whether they find it.  However, personally for me writing each week has been cathartic and – egged on …

Synchronicity

In 1982 when I was working in Bahrain for an international bank, I got the opportunity to travel to Abu Dhabi during the Eid holidays.  A very dear friend, D was the Head of the bank’s operations there and we had been good friends since my training days in Mumbai, when he had proved to …