Of Aindees & Khoppartunns of Haryana By: Rajbir Deswal One doesn’t to be a Haryanvi to know aindees and khoppartuns because they are typical to all societies and the Haryanvi dialect has labelled them with a definite nomenclature. To pinpoint...

When the infant recovered, he brought her to his home and told his wife that he had found the child abandoned at a shop during patrol duty. The girl is appearing for her board exams this year. She has not picked the name of the cop as her father, but...

It has all the ingredients of a Greek tragedy. A person of high stature, with a larger than life façade, having a tragic flaw and meeting the tragic fate at the same time. England today needs a Marlow or a Shakespeare to tell her story to the...

US customs and us By: Rajbir Deswal Yes, I will talk about both customs here in the US. The custom customs and also the custom customs. Customary musts of Wren and Martins are given a go by here. We in India are still the sticklers. Here we go,...

When it comes to appreciating or arranging flowers, we always go for the apparently good looking ones with pithy and nicely naturally cut or shaped petals or green stems and almost perspiring leaves. Why do we not appreciate the wild varieties which...

Michael Jackson ‘happened’ to me twice—in life, and near death! By: Rajbir Deswal I am more amazed at my association (?) with Michael Jackson who I didn’t know (!) till I landed in London in 1992. Being an Indian and always fond of Indian...

Jab we met! by Rajbir Deswal We met almost every day. On our evening stroll. I didn’t know her. Nor did she know me. Her walking laps were smaller. Just close to her house. She preferred going not too far. I saw her reverting back to her house...

“Poet of romance and rebellion” By:Rajbir Deswal At the outset let me express my gratitude for certain suggestions on the piece on Majaz by Instablogs Editor Anil Maheshwari. The Tribune has used it today in their Magazine section...

“Mere Wala Brown” By:Rajbir Deswal Talking about the “seven sins”, Shakespeare mentions a “green-eyed monster” to connote jealousy among human beings. “Gora rung” or fair complexion of the beloved may have been a subjective preference...

I received this on email from Ashok Motwani Makes thought provoking reading Can you spot ‘common sense’ in the picture here..yes its ‘black’ Here is Motwani’s mail content..... “Friends I don’t know about Lalu’s...