Hindustan Times
Adam’s Apple, Steve’s Grapple
Apple, we thought, was about Adam and Eve
But along came Mr. Jobs they sometimes called Steve,
He took a boring machine they called the computer,
gave it a makeover and turned it cuter
Though born to a generation famous for crack
This Mr. Jobs soon knew how to change tack
teamed up with his friend, the eponymous Wozniak
And brought to the world the thing they called Mac
(A while earlier, in the Himalayan mounts
He had come to drink of some spiritual founts
But some godly heartbreaks by all accounts,
returned him to America, where money’s what counts)
Mr. Jobs left on his tech trade an indelible sign
Of cool things to do, with cooler designs
“Da Vinci!” they said, going overboard
For the little-big things he did on his motherboard
After he first brought the ‘puter home
He made it colourful, and then thin as a tome
Built fashions, blazed trends and ushered in fads
With iPods, iPhones and then the iPad
Remarkable, laudable and just plain able
He found ways to put new-new things on the table
To a nation losing its religions and cults
Mr. Jobs brought some consumerist occult
With oohs, aaahs, cries and wows
Fans followed him like mooing cows
The Pied Piper of the Silicon Valley
built up a veritable gizmo talley
Knowledge, the forbidden apple of Heaven
Rests on the Web that makes us all mavens
while the other one that takes a capital A
keeps us connect to the info highway
RIP, Steven, you looked a bit like Jesus
In so many ways you moved to please us
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish, wherever you are
But hope they feed you well in God’s customer care.
a lot of generalisation here I feel.
I have dated British men in the UK who have been happy to meet on a coffee date.
It’s great you’ve written this article but it is based purely on your experiences, so not sure some of your strong statements are completely justified.
Dating and courting are still relatively new concepts in India. Relationships that lead to marriage is still the norm.
I think ex pats need to be realistic when it comes to dating Indian men in India. Culture and family values still play a huge role in an Indan man’s life. Whilst he may be western in his thoughts and open minded, when it comes to marriage, there is still is a set of expectations that an Indian man has of his partner and yes, that may include cooking.
Dating and marriage are two different things that come with two very different sets of expectations when it comes to the “general” Indian man.
Just to clarify – I’m a British born Indan female, living in India.
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