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 …
Beginnings anew
One year draws to a close. Another year begins. As children, we were not allowed to stay up late to “ring in the New Year.” Forbidden activities serve to entice and we tried all sorts of gimmicks to be permitted to hang around later than usual. For instance, a kids’ sleepover party on December 31 …
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