drinking… The sundowner 17 May 202225 May 2022 The sundowner The gentlemen on the barstools were discussing the etiquette of drinking, like white liquor before sundown, and Whiskey afterwards, and drinking alone versus imbibing with friends, and so…
BENGALI… The big fat Punjabi wedding 15 May 202218 May 2022 I am attending a big fat Punjabi wedding in my in-laws family in Delhi, which is basically a week long celebration of eating drinking and dancing, with a short ceremony…
adventure… Sex on the beach 8 Feb 202220 Feb 2022 Sex on the beach Those days I was heading Delhi for our company and my wife was heading Mumbai. A marketing conference was to be held in Mumbai, always a…
addictions… Ajay Sharma smuggles booze, his new adventure 15 Apr 202115 Apr 2021 Ajay Sharma smuggles booze His new adventure Ajay Sharma was posted to the dry state of Gujarat. He was happy as he was a teetotaller and quite sick of the…
adventure… The mystery of the missing flyover 18 Nov 201918 Nov 2019 Missing flyover a mystery solvedI have a friend in the medical profession who is a bit of a oddity. He is a competent doctor but laid back. He prefers a…
adventure… Chaang 13 Aug 201913 Aug 2019 Chang During our University days, the cheapest tipple that gave a kick for the buck and was relatively safe, was a whitish smelly concoction called Chang, brewed by the Tibetan…
cities… Sky High 8 Jul 20198 Jul 2019 The International Adda in the sky In the days of old, the Serai on the major highways of the World like the Silk Route and our grand trunk road where…
BENGALI… Drinking with Dad 22 May 2019 Drinking with Dad Drinking used to be a bit of a taboo among the Bengali middle class, even on festivals and marriages. The men drank in pubs on occasion but…
DELHI… Why doctors should marry other doctors 29 Apr 201929 Apr 2019 Why Doctors should marry other doctors The discussion in the bar had shifted to marriages. The gin and tonic was a widower, a senior citizen, and nostalgic about his great…
Fiction… The vodka and tonic tales 8 Apr 2019 THE VODKA AND TONIC TALES The discussion at the bar was about the Police, violation of traffic rules, and general corruption. In a free willing chat so common in…
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