STOP throwing your children over the school gate!!
There’s very little these days to make one laugh out loud, but this completely mad story in The Times this morning did the trick. Apparently, in a little town in …
Yet another (& unexpected) Coronavirus side effect
Today, for various not particularly interesting reasons, I went out to do a little shopping. This was the first time I’ve been “properly” out to the shops since the week …
Congratulations America!
As a non-American, I’ve been pretty darned emotional this morning, weeping away at the speeches and scenes from Delaware, the dancing in the streets, and the joyful scenes in New …
“Please to remember the fifth of November..”
“…gunpowder, treason and plot…” You all remember the nursery rhyme, right”? “Remember, remember, the Fifth of NovemberGunpowder treason and plotI see no reason why gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot” This …
Psst? Wanna buy a magic lamp?
There is, apparently, no limit to human stupidity. I give you a doctor (a doctor!!!!) in the north Indian city of Meerut who paid Rs 2.6 crore/$348,770/£269,424 to buy a …
“But if your children are insisting…”
So, here’s the thing. The world is crippled and locked down because of a respiratory virus. RESPIRATORY. Much of India, and especially the north where I live, is currently reeling …