A Matter of Taste
My paternal grandfather, Sri A. P. Pyarelal, established the first branded coffee enterprise in Karaikudi, Ramnad District, Tamil Nadu, in the 1960s…
Things I learned that they do not teach you in Business School
There are many self-help books in the market, but nothing prepares you for the kind of rejections you get in the literary world…
Mumbai Musing
The chawl writes while you sleep. Choose my rendering, it says. Give me a chance to reclaim my land. I am the voice of this city…
Paying Guest
In the eighties, Mumbai was the place to be for financial services. It was an infant democracy, there was laissez-faire, and in the world of finance…
Nadodi
My writing life began with a walk on the beach. It was 34 Celsius in the shade the tide was out and in the sweat and scorch, I was aging.
Peril
The club captain was a democratic fellow. He begrudged everybody uniformly. The caddies in the course were, like secondhand sets, a mixed bag.