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Austerity & posterity
May 19, 2026, 8:52 AM IST
Husbands should not be permitted to sit at home – it creates a crisis worse than war. Kamala was livid, because I had decided to follow the austerity measures suggested for all patriotic Indians. I…
May 19, 2026, 8:52 AM IST
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Keep the change
May 11, 2026, 9:37 AM IST
“It’s time for change!” Kamala announced decisively. I looked up with alarm from the couch, where I was browsing the morning newspaper. I wondered if she was talking about recumbent husbands or incumbent politicians. She…
May 11, 2026, 9:37 AM IST
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Without reservation
April 27, 2026, 8:49 AM IST
Nari Shakti monnwalking in Mumbai The males of the species were seated on sofas, discussing the Hormuz Strait and IPL scores. The ladies were in a cluster, in another corner of the living room, chatting…
April 27, 2026, 8:49 AM IST
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Samay & Biceps
April 14, 2026, 8:12 AM IST
“It was bad enough that social media sometimes declares that celebrities are dead before their time, now comedians have started announcing that they are Still Alive on YouTube,” Kamala informed me, as she watched the…
April 14, 2026, 8:12 AM IST
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Revenge, the main act
March 31, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
It’s a blockbuster, at the movies and at home “Everyone else has watched it. Except us,” Kamala declared angrily. I thought she was talking about Trump’s confusing press conferences. But the missus was having mid-life…
March 31, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Circles & cylinders
March 17, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
On the shape of things, and how it shifts “You must get into shape!” Kamala pronounced, as she casually body-shamed my generous proportions. I insisted that round was also a shape, as I quickly wolfed…
March 17, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Primetime Loves Bombs
March 9, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
These are fab seasoning for tall stories and fake news Uncles in the park were more excited than the anchors on primetime TV, impossible as it seems. Because their humdrum, banal, retired lives had been…
March 9, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Punchatantra
February 24, 2026, 8:11 AM IST
I gently wiped a tear as I looked at my phone with grief and concern. Kamala paused mid-stride, worried that I had got some bad news about an ailing relative or that Trump had raised…
February 24, 2026, 8:11 AM IST
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AIyyo Doctor
February 16, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Friendly family GP has got competition Every time I water the bougainvillea near the compound wall, my next-door neighbor will lean over for some medical advice. But many people who used to visit the friendly…
February 16, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Pro-choice diet
February 10, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
It excludes nothing except supersizing “I need more protein in my diet,” I bantered with Kamala as she poured a ladleful of dosa batter onto the sizzling tawa. She walked out of the kitchen in…
February 10, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Squeeze me
February 3, 2026, 8:19 AM IST
“I don’t understand the budget,” Kamala confessed early in the morning, as she folded the day’s newspaper. I promptly offered to mansplain money matters and macroeconomics to her in a simple manner. First the good…
February 3, 2026, 8:19 AM IST
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Manali trance
January 27, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Indian tourists mistake bad weather forecast for a welcome sign Kamala is upset with me because we were the only ones without holiday plans. “Everyone is going somewhere – you don’t have any get-up-and-go!” I…
January 27, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Got Me Some Rage Bait
January 20, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
2025’s word of the year will do great in 2026 too Kamala was curious about the phrase that had been chosen as Oxford University Press’s word of 2025. “I can’t understand these new-fangled terms!” she…
January 20, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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The Man Cold
January 13, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
This is not a common garden variety of disease It started as a tickle in the throat. And I was in complete denial. By mid-day, my doubts were becoming certainty. My throat was like sandpaper…
January 13, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Mars and Venezuela
January 6, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Revising the ground rules of marriage I reached into Kamala’s handbag and fished out the money I needed to pay Blinkit bhaiya. Kamala was not pleased at my incursion. “You can’t just reach into someone…
January 6, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Scent a Clause
December 30, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
You have nose for the festive season The neighbouring apartments needed an older man to play Santa Claus for the annual party and I was roped in for all the obvious reasons. Kamala reminded me…
December 30, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
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Crème de la crème
December 15, 2025, 9:03 AM IST
Winter had suddenly made a friendly special appearance in the neighbourhood and my skin was feeling dry. I decided to explore Kamala’s dressing table to see what I could find to help my parched face,…
December 15, 2025, 9:03 AM IST
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Abstain Files
December 9, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
Doc is pulled up for his fetish for proper records As the patient sat down, I looked expectantly for the treatment file. But Gen Z Govind was carrying only his brand new mobile phone and…
December 9, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
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Number games
November 25, 2025, 7:26 AM IST
Lies, damned lies and statistics Kamala was counting the change I handed over after buying groceries. I agree that math was always my weakest subject, but that’s because I’ve never been a calculating person. Kamala…
November 25, 2025, 7:26 AM IST
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On expiry dates
November 17, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
In politics and life, don’t rush to write off people I was sitting looking despondent on the front step as Kamala returned from her walk. “Are you still thinking about the Bihar election results?” she…
November 17, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
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