Reflections on the snail mail
It is Sasmita Kanungo’s sensitively written piece on her village postman, which I read long ago, that has triggered some thoughts in me on...
On Telephonic conversation
The other day I had a successful four-and a half-minute telephonic conversation with a friend of mine; by “successful” what I mean is that...
Gratitude: A quality I discovered during the pandemic
During the 2nd wave of the Covid pandemic what lesson did you learn? I learnt the importance of gratitude. So, what is gratitude? It...
Style is the man
A French naturalist Buffon (1707-88) invented this saying in the early 20th century meaning one’s chosen style indicates and reflects one’s essential characteristics –...
Sugar- Coated words
There are all kinds of words in a language: plain words, agreeable and disagreeable words, forbidden words and sugar-coated words, etc. This piece is...
