by Jayant Kamicheril | Feb 28, 2007 | Desi Voices, Perspectives
It was at the post office; that’s where I began to analyze the metaphysics of waiting. Also, the bizarre play I had been to the previous week, Waiting for Godot, must have worked as a catalyst. The long line was mostly made up of elderly folks, a few young, and I...
by Jayant Kamicheril | Jun 30, 2006 | Desi Voices, Perspectives
Most immigrants, during the evening years of their adventurous scaling of new heights of wealth, reach a troubling plateau. Peter Principle postulates that people tend to be promoted to their “level of incompetence.” Amongst most migrants an analogous phenomenon...
by Jayant Kamicheril | May 26, 2005 | Desi Voices, Perspectives
There was a time I could not fly; that was way back, before a teeny-weeny story appeared from the blue and changed my life. But first, let’s get proper and chronological, like Maria sings in The Sound of Music, “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to...
