Bahut saal pehle ki baat hai, Gujarat mein Govandhanram Madhavaram Tripathi namak ek vakil the. Jab woh “me lord”, “mere kabil dost” kehte-kehte thak gaye, and daleelon, takreeron se bore ho gaye, toh Tripathiji took voluntary retirement and devoted 15 years of his life to writing one story.

Ek zamana tha jab Bhai Vellu, I mean St. Valentine, ko chup-chup ke boys and girls ki shaadi karani padhti thi. But ab naya daur hai and if Bhai Vellu were to visit hamara desh now he would weep copious tears — not because of the sort of people who are getting married, but how these people are ensuring both calamity and kalesh by picking the worst spouses anyone can possibly find.

I am a happy bunny these days, bouncing about in absolute delight. You see, for years after I was all grown up and adult, I would stare with a dazed expression at the younger lot who are truly daffy. But I finally see light. Because our new lot, with their kachchas and ass cracks showing, and ears plugged by headphone and hands forever busy texting, are really kinda awesome.

Jab bhi Star Plus and I meet, the ladies of Indian television’s No. 1 channel greet me with a jingle: “Rishta wahi, soch nayi!” And main bhi, kutte ki dum, respond every time with the same snide one: “Syappe wahi, trappings nayi!” Almost two years ho gaye hain since Star decided to rebrand itself with this jhooth.

I have a teenage son. He is 14 and in the throes of puberty. So for the greater good of mankind, and my own mental balance, I devote three hours every day to spy on his conversations. The pattern on most days is the same.

I have a teenage son. He is 14 and in the throes of puberty. So for the greater good of mankind, and my own mental balance, I devote three hours every day to spy on his conversations. The pattern on most days is the same.

I have a teenage son. He is 14 and in the throes of puberty. So for the greater good of mankind, and my own mental balance, I devote three hours every day to spy on his conversations. The pattern on most days is the same.

Mohan Bhagwatji ke India versus Bharat pravachanon ne mujhe bahut deep thought mein dal diya hai.

Mohan Bhagwatji ke India versus Bharat pravachanon ne mujhe bahut deep thought mein dal diya hai. Tab se I’ve been thinking ki which one is where and which one is a better, safer place for women.

Hai, kya se kya ho gaya, do hazaar barah mein. Ek toh hamare TV ki abadi bahut increase ho gayi. In several serial parivaars we got khilkhilate, chehekte bachche, and the ones that already had children, now have annoying nau-jawan log.