Month: July 2011

Domestic, Facts and Fiction, Groningen, Hong Kong, Humor, In real life, International, Issues in India, Netherlands, Ooty, P U Krishnan, Short Stories, Travel, Vancouver

India is not way behind!

When I gave him ₹ 50/- with a usual smile, he smiled back and said rather apologetically, “Sir, it’s ₹ 65/-“. I was a bit surprised but without exhibiting it I said “Sorry” and gave him ₹15/- more. Then, he asked me about my visit to a couple of foreign countries. I took leave of …

Domestic, Facts and Fiction, Groningen, International, Netherlands, Ooty, P U Krishnan, Travel, Vancouver

I chatter, chatter as I flow…

I was half asleep when I heard some one giving instructions in Kannada and Tamil… may be to his friends or a colleague. My mind was yet to be relieved from the European ambiance and the pleasure I experienced there whenever I came across an Indian or two in some streets. “Oh no!” my confused …

Facts and Fiction, Humor, In real life, Issues in India, P U Krishnan, Politics in India, Strikes and Protests

FAST FOOD PLEASE!

The leader of the main opposition party is on an indefinite fast in protest against the governments’ luke warm approach on some problems. It could be water scarcity, flood, prise rise or power cut. If there is a will, there is a way. If the above said issues are taken care of by the government, …

Facts and Fiction, Groningen, International, Netherlands, P U Krishnan, Short Stories, Travel

The Next station is…

Whiter than snow and as smooth as monumental alabaster… Now I know that the poet was not exaggerating things. Here in Europe, we see such dames who walk in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies or crisscross the roads on he their cycles. Some of them are friendly with “opposite sex” …