The expression “Winter is Coming” now has a new meaning, thanks to the television series Game of Thrones. People have watched the down-streaming visuals of bleak grey skies portending stormy blizzards and snowy gusts, blowing folks off their feet. Characters flounder about in an attempt to stay the course in gale-force winds and struggle to …
Those were the days, my friend
I was at a Conference in Ottawa this past weekend when a dear friend R called from Abu Dhabi to tell me that our good friend J was no more. It was only later, alone in a hotel room that I could reflect in solitude on this loss. We had gone back to Bahrain in …
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 …
Arriving in Canada
We arrived in Canada on March 9, 1996. Stepping off the plane, we were tired and in a state of trepidation, not knowing what to expect at the immigration counters, customs and all that awaited us beyond the airport portals. Our first interactions in Canada were a great start, as the Canadians we met were pleasant and reassuring. We …
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