Well, you thought maybe you’ve seen the last of The SloWord, that I’d given up writing and inflicting my confusing thoughts on to you, that I’d gone off and got another job…Continue reading→
Stories from my life
The 1960s
Punjabi in Paris – Normandy Notes 2
The Story so far This is where we left off at the end of the first part of the Normandy Notes 1: We’d missed the morning’s parachute drop re-enactment after an exciting…Continue reading→
Bats, batsman, batting
Folks keep coming over to read this on a regular basis. They come here because they’re searching for the answer to the question: “Can I use mustard oil to season a cricket…Continue reading→
The Date of the Jackal
Time to reblog an old(er) story. Since all my stories are (essentially) true, I have no qualms about recycling them every Thursday. I suspect some of my newer readers (Ha!) may have…Continue reading→
A spell at last
3 or 4 years later, <after this story> I was in Canada, far removed from cricket. A chance remark by a friend at dinner found me searching out a cricket club in…Continue reading→
Forward Defensive
< This is a continuation of an earlier post written many, many months ago. Why has it taken so long to get to this one? Well, TheLastWord outranks me in the office…Continue reading→
The First School Reunion
Given the spate of mini-reunions I went to last month and given it’s Thursday, I think a reblog of this one and only formal school reunion I ever attended may be appropriate.Continue reading→
Peas and Paneer
So I’m back from Kolkata or Calcutta, as it used to be and will ever be for some, like me. It was a crowded trip, with remembrance services, weddings, school and college…Continue reading→
16.12.95
The phone rang in the very early morning hours of Dec 17th, a Sunday. In the USA it was still Saturday, Dec 16th. I rose from the warm bed and padded out…Continue reading→
30 Years On the Rocks
It has been a long time. Yet, it seems just like just the other day the Slo-Man was young, slim and gormless instead of what he is today, middle-aged, fat and…Continue reading→
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