Noggyisms

Pi has entered his thirtieth year ... yippee ... happy birthday to him ... one small clarification ... entering the thirtieth year doesn’t mean he is thirty years old ... it means he is 29 (he has turned 29). Clarification required for all the snide remarks about old age etc that will come in following the above statement ... not to mention the raised eyebrows about the unmarried status. But Pi shall endure all that and this story is not about him turning 29 or old age related dementia that he suffers from ... this is about the day he entered the thirtieth year ... wow what a beginning and if this is a harbinger of things to come ... woo hoo ... this is going to be one heck of a roller coaster ride. Like a good child I decide to spend my birthday at home this time ... last time I did that I was in college (and that was a LONG time ago.) keeping the parents happy is imperative especially in recessionary times when you realise you don’t earn enough, spend too much (the spirits tend ...

This is for all those who chose/had to stay back home/place they temporarily call home away from loved ones/parents/family/anyone they cherish due to reasons beyond their control/voluntary/forced. Ever spent Diwali alone? It’s the Hollywood equivalent of spending Christmas by yourself. It actually is not just that day. It starts a lot earlier than that. A week before and people are already gung ho about going back/being with people they love. You start to hear the “next week is Diwali ... I will be home” refrain more often than not. Then they start to make plans about what they will be doing and it all of a sudden hits you that “oh shit you are going to be alone again this time!” and this inspite of promising yourself last time (and the 2 times before that) that you shall not spend Diwali alone again. Coming from a South Indian (to be read as MAL) family and being brought up in Calcutta ensured that Diwali was never a big thing growing up. It was the after effect of the Pujas ... t...