It’s May. The mornings are cool, temperatures are still in the 40s, the air is nippy but the sun shines brightly. The trees that were gaunt and barren until a few days ago are covered with fresh, bright green leaves. And there are people jogging on the side of...
Taco Bell is the sole surviving fast food joint in the dystopian world of the movie “Demolition Man”. As much as audiences groaned, I really wouldn’t mind that. Taco Bell holds a special place in my heart. Due to a quirk, I did not receive my I-20 from Clemson...
If I was to conduct a census of the population of books residing in our cupboard in the late seventies and early eighties, I would find an interesting mix of books. There were a few permanent residents, chiefly books that we had bought or had been gifted. A few...
On my recent trip home, a good friend of mine who was a classmate in high school presented me with a necktie. This was no ordinary tie, it was the tie that we wore on special occasions when I was in high school. In keeping with my school’s colors,...
Hari was at the station to pick me up. Wait there were three others. Brief, quick introductions – Bipin, Vish and Manish. Bipin and Hari, my new roommates, walked home in the rain, while I settled myself at the rear of Manish’s 2 door sedan with my luggage. A...
We were introduced by a mutual friend in the bus on my way to school. I was probably in 8th grade and the boy introduced to me shook hands with a firm handshake. He was alert, fit and the corners of his mouth appeared as if they would break...
“There are a few things to remember in this country”, said my cousin. We were walking along the banks of the Mississippi. I had risen in the morning, the effects of jet lag if any, didn’t show on me. We had an omelet for brunch. The onion, that I sliced,...
As a young boy, I would have to accompany my mother to relatives’ or friends’ houses. Usually, I would go willingly but sometimes a bribe such as a roll of Poppins would help sway my mind. It’s not that I did not want to accompany her, its just that...
In an earlier blog on Brer Rabbit, I had referred to the fact that I read Enid Blyton’s Brer Rabbit books as a young boy. One of the stories featured Brer Rabbit eating sausages. Two things about that puzzled me: I knew that rabbits were herbivores and I wondered why...
Once in a while, a movie comes along that captures the collective imagination of the masses. It runs to packed houses, dominates conversations and leaves a lasting impression on its viewers. There have been many such movies over the years and the Star Wars series is an example. In my memory...