Designer stuff

Designer stuff

I saw an ad in the newspaper last week which offered a gift of a designer watch (allegedly worth 20,000) on purchase of jewellery worth 40,000. There was a picture of this watch in the ad and I looked at it with great curiosity - perhaps it was cased in 22 carat gold or studded with precious stones? No. It was just like any other watch. Or perhaps it doubled up as a computer or a television or a music system? Else why would you spend 20k on a simple device that told you time which is admirably done by electronic throwaway watches available at...

Real life Heros

Real life Heros

She is the third of four children in a middle class family from a town in North Karnataka. She had a traditional South Indian middle class upbringing and was quite happy to let her parents choose her groom. She had no great expectations from life -all she wanted was a normal happy life. But for some people even that is too much to ask! On the evening of their marriage the groom helped himself to all her jewellery and gambled them away. What seemed like the beginning turned out to be the end. But that was a beginning in another way. The docile,...

little acts of thoughtfulness

little acts of thoughtfulness

I feel sorry when peoplerush past old people and people with children to deplane or at immigration counterscannot think of offering the first auto to someone with a lot of stuff or a child cannot let someone with just one item to bill at the check out counter to go first while waiting with a cartload of purchases.These gestures cost a few extra minutes but cause so much gentileness to go around in the world. A simple act of kindness has such a cascading effect in making the world a better place to live in.Whenever I am in such situations I always...