Ok so I travel a lot. If I were to use a metaphor I would say that I travel in the manner that a pig who wakes up one day to find angel wings grown out of his back. And so, with little else to enlighten his day he gets out there and flaps away… Continue reading Aeroplane Antics
Author: Magandeep Singh
The New Negative
This isn’t an article about batteries or charging points so tech geeks, put away that box of tissues and hand lotion. This is about negation. About how negative it is. And how something needs to be done about it. Now don’t waste a second wondering why that would be a bugging thing in the first… Continue reading The New Negative
SOPs – Stupid Obviously, Perhaps…
There was a time when the Earth was a free place. There was a time when we were only restricted by our imaginations. I am talking way before PGA declared that nothing is impossible, or as was proven later, till you get caught. There was a even time when men roamed free and didn’t get… Continue reading SOPs – Stupid Obviously, Perhaps…
Indian Food and Wine: London Case Files
When Indians settled down in the UK in the late 50s, they unknowingly ended up planting something in their adopted land that was far stronger than their rich culture – a taste for richer spices. For a long time Indian food in the UK was synonymous with pub grub and after-dinner binge eating with chilli-slapped… Continue reading Indian Food and Wine: London Case Files
On Marriages Arranged
There is a reason behind the whole process of life and birth. Darwinism aside, it was basically designed with one main idea in mind: we should never be able to choose our parents. This is mostly so that you may hate them, even complain about them but you can’t change them. Law may provide complacent… Continue reading On Marriages Arranged
Disclaimer: The CYA Clause
The new corporate conglomerate is a very scared body. So traumatised are they by the very people that they try to serve and save that they don’t know anymore how to get up in the morning and breathe without pissing off some activist, a minority community, or an endangered species of a rare marsupial. What… Continue reading Disclaimer: The CYA Clause
How to do business in North & South India
Doing business is easy, but not in India. On the degree of being a difficult thing to do, business in India ranks right behind removing your own appendix without enough anaesthetic. Sure there may be government subsidies but that means dealing with government officials in the first place. Save having in-laws over for your honeymoon,… Continue reading How to do business in North & South India
Toddy: God’s Own Brew
A clear light white drink; harvested early morning by slashing the bark of palm trees and collecting the sap overnight. The aromas are intriguing yet inviting. Soft and a bit reminiscent of fermenting coconut water (maybe because it isn’t too far from it). A little meaty too with lots of green bark character. The taste… Continue reading Toddy: God’s Own Brew
An Austrian Adventure
You know you have become a wine sissy when you refer to a series of tastings as an adventure. You then sadly realise that you will never be able to brave the outback alone or accompanied and a vineyard will be all the wilderness your faint heart can manage. Pity, but on the flipside, you… Continue reading An Austrian Adventure
Wine Retail in India
It is very deplorable the way our liquor vends are so ineffectively called “wine shops”. You would sooner call my hair style an afro rather than refer to these caged holes-in-the-wall establishments, wine shops. Walk into any one across the country (barring a few cities) and chances are you will find that wine occupies the… Continue reading Wine Retail in India