Q. What is Death to a man with conjunctivitis? A. A scythe for sore eyes.

It’s the guy who writes a little window called ‘Fact of the Matter’. Maybe you’ve seen this section in BT – it appears alongside the...

We were sitting at the Subway in Phoenix Mills trying to recover from a very filling dinner. I had just finished telling him how a...

The way After Eights melt in my mouth The smell of coffee beans on someone’s breath The smell of paper – old books, new notebooks or just...

A long time ago I’d read an article by Geeta Rao on being a copywriter. She’d said that ‘copywriter’ is too fancy a name for what a hack...

When Pride & Prejudice released in the theatres last year, I didn’t bother going and watching. There were many reasons . I was getting...

The establishment was and is largely South Indian, as is the coffee. The clientele was and is varied – bankers, brokers and anyone who...

…eyes so ridiculously brown, it seems as if a bar of chocolate and a glass of whiskey fell in love and decided to spend the rest of their...

Love in a man’s eyes is a truly wonderful thing to see. Not being able to return it tends to spoil the picture a bit though.

Welcome to Fuck Off and Die Thursdays. As you know, this blog is full of random rants at Life, the Universe and Everything. But all these...

Ok, I’m back. And this time I have important news. Firstly, in all probability there will be no post tomorrow. (Big difference to your...

This is to inform you that heat sensors have been placed in Veda’s chair. The moment her butt touches the seat, these sensors will relay...

A big, big, big, big, big thank you to Archer for helping correct my HTML boo-boo. I stand chastised and shamefaced. May I never dream of...

17th December 2006: theotherveda records over 1000 hits 8th January 2007: theotherveda records over 2000 hits Thanks, everybody. My day...

Woke up at an obscene 5:00 a.m. to catch a 7 o’clock Jet Airways flight to Nagpur. For work. They wanted me to attend some kind of...

Yes, I know. I come up with the strangest questions. And then, they sit and niggle my mind. The only thing I can do to make them go away...

Greetings and salutations. My grandmum always told me that the first day of your new year reflects how the rest of your year will turn...

This has been one hell of an eventful year. I changed my office, quit a job, got a new one, lost weight, was single, stayed single, then...

Over the years I’ve heard a lot of guys crib about women drivers. I’ve heard every level of complaint, ranging from the mildly annoyed...

My people have a thing for plastic bags. And when I say ‘my people’, I don’t mean just my family, who do, but Maharashtrians in general....