It is a source of much bemusement to my friends that although I can sit in one position for hours, reading - and the only parts of my body that move in that circumstance are my eyelids, to blink - I cannot sit in a movie theatre for two hours without fidgeting non-stop and wishing the stupid thing would end fast so I can get up and leave. Read more

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When I was on leave, I treated my phone in the most cavalier manner. Mostly, it was in my bag and my bag was in my cupboard. I checked messages and missed calls only when I felt like it - and mostly I did not feel like it at all.

I also ignored the computer almost completely. Read more

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Still a week to go before I actually go on leave, but I am in holiday mood.

Very difficult to concentrate on work, but I shall manage, I think. On the other hand, this period of enforced work focus will be followed by two weeks of NO work, hooray, so I guess I can spend the next six days gazing earnestly at my computer in the light of the reward that will follow. Read more

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Some time in the 1300s, Robert the Bruce claimed the throne of Scotland and fought the English for it. He lost a battle, became an outlaw and almost gave up his claim to the throne, when something happened that impelled him to continue the fight. Read more

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That was what I thought as I trundled down the highway in an auto, headed home late-ish on Sunday night after three days of doing absolutely nothing but reading and having a massage or two in beautiful, lush green Kerala. (It is SERIOUSLY a site for sore eyes, why on earth have I never been there before?) Read more

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cur mudg eon

- noun

a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

related forms:

cur mudg eon ly, adjective

synonyms:

grouch, crank, bear, sourpuss, crosspatch

- Dictionary.com

Finally, at the overripe age of nearly 40, I’ve discovered my life’s ambition. Read more

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If ever you want to listen to a collective howl of irritation and outrage, walk into our Bombay office at about 4.30-5 every afternoon and you’ll hear it. Every afternoon at around 4.30-5, some kind soul spams at least half the people here with an email titled Happy and Peaceful Life. Read more

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There was a report on Tuesday in The Times of India - yes, the rival paper - about how the recent very high tides in Bombay flung ashore 640 tons of garbage.

Deep in the story, there was a quote from someone about how as a people, we are not sensitized to the problem of garbage disposal. Read more

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As is my wont (hooray! I’ve always wanted to use this phrase, and now I have. Isn’t it delightfully pompous?), the first thing I did when I got to the office this morning was check my mail – and read all my favourite blogs. Read more

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Just out of curiosity. Suppose you required a root canal. Or a filling in a tooth. Or just a dental check up. Would you go to a regular dentist? Or to one who, aside from offering dental services, also offered you a Thai foot massage complete with herbal oils, music and ambience before she or he got going with the drill?

I ask because I recently received a press release from a new dental service, just launched in Mumbai, that offers reflexology as well as the drill. And I thought I’d heard it all! Read more

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