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 …
Kung Hei Fat Choy … God Bless You
Last week I attended a Chinese New Year celebration with some colleagues. The emcee in charge of the Gala’s proceedings provided information about the Year of the Rooster, the rationale for the spectacular and energetic Lions’ Dance and finally, introduced the assembled guests to the Chinese liqueur, moutai. It brought back fond memories of my …
Treasuring dried flowers in a book
Nostalgia. Celebrated writer and two-time Giller Prize winner MG Vassanji’s latest offering is an interesting exposition of a future where a human’s memories can be selectively enhanced or replaced with fictional ones to generate a new persona. Until we can get there, I have only my rapidly fading recollection of days gone by. An element …
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 …
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