Ants and Grasshoppers
The allegorical tale of Ants and Grasshoppers is often used to drive home the inevitable connection between handwork and success, […]
Malayalam
Malayalam is my mother tongue. All the posts in this category are of interest to those who speak it. Some may even be in Malayalam.
Humor, Malayalam, Corporate Life, Life and Death
Retirement — a Wife’s View
Work and life, retirement and eulogy — through allegories.
Malayalam, Work and Life, Parenting
Another Pen Story of Tough Love
Another pen, another story about the tightrope act called parenting.
A Parker Pen from Singapore
About a fifty-year old Parker pen that held an important lesson for me. A lesson in how to be a good father. What it takes is infinite patience.
Humor, Malayalam, Email Flotsam
For Malayalees Only
Only my fellow Malayalees can enjoy this hilarious email I got, unfortunately. If you cannot read Malayalam, please ignore this post.
Humor, Malayalam, Email Flotsam
Moonwalkers
Here is a Malayalee view on what really went on with the fake moon landing pictures!
Columns, Malayalam, The Today Paper
The Worldly Malayalees
I wrote this piece on the World Malayalee Conference 2008 for a Singaporean newspaper. I was away in India during the conference (22-25 August, 2008) and did not see it in print. This post is about my home state of Kerala, its language Malayalam, and those who speak it – the Malayalees. If those words make no sense to you, you may not be interested in this post.
Humor, Malayalam, Email Flotsam
Are You a Malayali?
If you have to ask what in the world a Malayali is, then this post is not for you! This one came as email flotsam and was too funny to pass up. In other words, if you are a Malayali and find this one a bit offensive, trust me, I didn’t write it! Must have been a North Indian lobby!