·We live like matchsticks in a matchbox. We go to office like ants in a line. We work like sardines in a can. As the years go by, we make the boxes, lines and cans more and more beautiful and feel happy about it even as the grim underlying reality never changes.

· Sometimes I think that the Indian Cricket Team’s favourite theme song is Ring a ring a roses… they especially love the “and we all fall down” part.

· I like the way Indian newspapers keep saying “ABC grilled today”, “CBI grills XYZ” etc. Someone coming from the past would have visions of a grim torture chamber with the person a hot grill over fire.

· For men only: As a bachelor you are fully alive. Being a husband leaves you half-dead. Fatherhood fully kills you. If you have many children, then that’s life after death, you are living the life of a ghost.

© Sunil Rajguru