General conversations and community discussions.
I was in Pune for work for 3 weeks last year. Nice hotel, 9th floor, perfectly silent. First evening around 7 I sat on the bed and…
Years ago, before I moved to Jeddah, I was ready to put 2 lakh down on a flat in Kompally. The builder said the offer ended Sunday. I was…
A colleague at work in Khobar, Hesham from Cairo, asked me last week, how long is 5 minutes in Hyderabad? I said, 5 minutes. He said, no.…
Our wall is shared with the flat next door, and every evening from about 8 I can hear their TV. Not clearly. I can't make out words. Just a…
My cousin's wedding was 10 days away and I had nothing to wear. So I ordered online. 3 shirts, 2 of them in cream, 1 in light grey. All…
There are 6 chairs at our dining table and nobody ever decided who sits where. My father is at the head. My mother is next to the kitchen…
My uncle, my father's older brother, told me this years ago. I was 6 months into a job search. I'd been rejected by 3 companies in a week…
Spent an hour on the fridge on Sunday. Pulled everything out and put it on the kitchen floor. My sister walked in and called it a waste of…
I cook extra rice on purpose now. Every Tuesday night, about 2 cups more than we need. Nobody at home asks why until Wednesday morning,…
Every morning in my parents' house in Hyderabad the newspaper has to be folded in 4. Cricket page outside. My father reads it from 6 to 7…