Long before Nike came up with the now famous “Just Do It” slogan, she had her own earthy version of it. “Kar ke chutti karo, hore ki!” Which may be translated as “Get on with it already! What the hell are you waiting for?” She was born on my birthday….Continue reading→
Everything!
In Chronological Order
The Masquerade
The Special 100 Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival 2021 Featured Guest – Indrani Ganguli Indrani Ganguli is an interpreter of languages. She’s as adept at staring down recalcitrant witnesses in court while taking down their depositions as she is compassionate with those who clearly are devastated at being there at all….Continue reading→
The magic of retirement
The Special 100 Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival 2021 Featured Guest – Suresh Chandrasekaran After working for sixteen years, Suresh parted ways with his employer to their mutual satisfaction; what the management guys love to call a win-win situation. He was happy to quit because his employer held the illusion that…Continue reading→
Dubai Calls
The Special 100 Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival 2021 Featured Guest – Shiva Kumar Shiva Kumar is a Bangalorian, (Bengalurian, today) through and through. There is as much of Benguluru in him as there is of him in Bengaluru! He is a trained Electrical Engineer who was never required to prove…Continue reading→
The new Facebook – A MMORPG
The Special 100 Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival 2021 Featured Guest – T F Carthick T F Carthick is a self-styled writer who rarely ever writes, choosing instead to occupy himself churning out excels and power points for his corporate masters for food. Back in the good old times, when he…Continue reading→
Yes, I said so
The Special 100 Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival 2021 Featured Guest – Indrani Ganguli Indrani Ganguli is an interpreter of languages. She’s as adept at staring down recalcitrant witnesses in court while taking down their depositions as she is compassionate with those who clearly are devastated at being there at all….Continue reading→
LETTER TO LOVE AND HATE
The Special 100 Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival 2021 Featured Guest – Mona Banerjee Mona Banerjee, from Kolkata, was born into a family of real literary giants; her maternal grandmother was Lila Majumdar, the well-known Bengali writer of children’s books. From her dad’s side, she’s linked to THE Tagores. Maybe this fueled…Continue reading→
Shopping for gas
After yesterday’s chaos at the dealership over the service appointment for the car (I’ll tell you about it some other time…), I had yet another episode of the Shopping Blues. So the minivan, Rusty, was severely short of gasoline. So much so, that the yellow “Reserve” light shone steadily and…Continue reading→
Will I Be a Book One Day?
The Special 100 Irregular Sloword BirthMonth Festival 2021 Featured Guest – Ashesh Mitra Ashesh is an engineer trying to navigate the world of healthcare. He likes books more than people and he agrees with Neil Gaiman when he says that we owe it to each other to tell stories. He is…Continue reading→
Unpopular Opinions
By The Peeved Punjabi [Note from SloWord: To deal with the subject of Unpopular Opinions, I had to call upon the Peeved Punjabi. So here he is. You have been warned…..] I have a few Unpopular Opinions. In this article I will chat about my Unpopular Opinions. Now, the fact…Continue reading→
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