There’s a problem with our TV dish antennae in the building. It moves from its original place on the terrace, at least once every month. My mom suspects sabotage; I think it’s just the wind. But because of this, I can’t watch TV until I make a call to the company’s call centre in Indore (We are in Mumbai). […]
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Of Truth And Lies
Not many people in India knew Syed Saleem Shahzad but his cheerfully round face along with the screaming headlines speaking of torture and murder at the hands of a shadowy entity that must not be spoken about lightly in Pakistan, stirred a deep sorrow. Shahzad was a man of truth. He did not play ball […]
Waiting For Mr Buffett
The other day I caught Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive and founder of Facebook on a dated episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Yes, the same where he declared that he would be donating $100 million to update and revive the public school system in Newark. Despite the resentment I felt at the way foreign channels in India keep palming off stale content to us, I watched […]