Rags to riches

 Do not get either tempted - that this is a small tit bit of a soft porn story. Nor put off -that this is some disgusting piece on sub abdominal anatomical explanation. Why I should not use this expression? Was there  not a stage rage ,few yearsback, playing full houses in SOBO titled : Vagina Monologues"?. I may be excused ,therefore ,for borrowing from Freudian science. For primers, the caption is a typical term used by the father of modern psychology- Herr.Sigmund Freud ( If you do not trust me, please wikepedia same) Simply put ,Herr. Freud uses this metaphor for explaining a very mundane facet of human behaviour. Jealousy. Always tempted to compare our endowments with every one around -siblings, neigbours, colleagues, why even with your own spouse. Choice is ,of course ,wide- you admire, you accept, you resign , and more often, envy. "Green is the colour of this neural phenomenon, isn't it?"( Do you recall how ONIDA used it extensively in their heydays? Owner...

  It was around the year 2000, I believe. Possibly when Sam Pitroda and team launched the telecom revolution. A certain expression appeared from nowhere and became ubiquitous and universal. I do not know if this was just an exclusively Indian phenomenon, as I did not come across the usage of this expression elsewhere in the world during my overseas travels. The then ubiquitous expression was “ taking a call ” In any conversation or transaction, involving more than one individual or organisation , when it came about to take a decision or position, this expression kicked in. Examples abounded. You go to seek a decision on how to resolve an imminent crisis to your boss, presenting him with several alternatives- for him to “take a call” on the same. “The Govt. seized of the latest issue in the matter of “high Cut Off marks in admissions announces that the Dept.of Higher Education will “take a call” on the issue well before the academic session begins.”- says an official pre...

As some one who relocated from Mumbai couple of years back, we face a weird situation almost on a daily basis. The person who manages the affairs of our compact housing complex , has a perennial request to us. To convey her instructions to our watchman   or convey his requests to her.– both ways from Tamil to Hindhi or vice versa.She was not alone.All other residents had the same predicament. Not being able to communicate with the watchman- who resides 24 x 7 , within the complex. None of them could speak or understand the lingua franca of the Watchman- who is incidentally not fro Bihar or U.P. He is a Nepali . Added to my discovery was an open admission in our Colony Residents’ Association What’s App group by an Office bearer. He could not convey to the workers of a nearby restaurant , not to dump their waste in our road- Reason attributed, they do not speak Tamil or English! That is the hard reality – today Chennai is in “Hindhia “ not just “ India” Few days back, out...