Posts Tagged ‘life’
The Cantankerous Capsule
I sat tense and silent as the man I was facing started writing on a piece of paper. I knew he, in a sense, was defining my future, atleast the next few days. I had known him for almost all of my life. He wouldn’t do this to me. But then, knowing him, he probably […]
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A sorry stroke of luck
A few days back during the evening tea when we were discussing the credibility of astrology, palmistry and suchlike, to something that was said I replied that I considered it highly improbable. Then one of my companions looked at me with a meaningful don’t-you-remember smile and said improbable things do happen. It was then that […]
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You ever feel the way I feel…
…when at an office meeting, you know the answer to the question that’s asked, yet pause dramatically for a moment and in that fleeting instant, someone else comes up with the answer. …when at the theatre, you buy first-class tickets and are given seats that’re just after where the second-class rows end. You could’ve sat […]
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Being a grown-up
Some people take a prejudiced view of what it is to be a grown-up. I loved reading Asterix, Tintin & the William series when I was young and I still am fond of them. But some people find this strange, more so when they also see me doing some of the supposedly grown-up things the […]
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The magic of an apology
Having been at both the ends of one in the space of a few days, it’s not surprising I find myself writing this piece. The first incident happened on a rainy night on the road when a twosome in a bike ahead of me decided suddenly to take a left turn and so braked hard. […]
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The Straight Bat 