I was so happy reading this news item in Express. A call centre formed by training youths in the naxal affected Krishnagiri district. If guys with no English knowledge could be trained in few months to speak in western accent, there is no reason why this concept woudln’t catch on and spread across. One of [...]

One of the advantages of coming early to the office is I get to park my car closer to our building at our sprawling office complex. Another thing is that at 7:30 in the morning, the office is so very quiet that you get to do things much quicker than normal and you get a [...]

A long lost friend of mine some how found my email address and sent about 60 scanned photographs clicked during our school days. It was a kind of shock for me to receive those photos unexpectedly and I was gazing at each one of them at awe recollecting the time we had 15 years ago. [...]

Looks like Gordon Brown is having a rough patch after taking over as Prime Minister of Britain few weeks ago. Days after he took over, there were bombing attempts at Central London and Glasgow airport. Then came the heavy summer rains causing floods and chaos in many parts of the country. As the water level [...]

On the otherday we lost our way driving to T.G.I.Friday’s located in a neighbouring town, despite the fact we had made note of the route before starting from home. It so happened that we found a Staples store round the corner and I walked in asking for directions. A sales assistant in the shop [...]

Just like ABCD (American Born Confused Desi) in US of A, there is this slang expression ‘Coconut’ common among Indians in UK referring to second generation Indians here. As the term ‘coconut’ has got a not-so-colourful reason behind it (‘Brown outside, White Inside’), I have always refrained from using it, at least in public, for [...]