Happy Days Part 7

It makes me happy when people are all territorial about their city's food.

Like what could cause more violent wars than whose biryani wins-Hyderabad, Lucknow or Calcutta biryani unless it was a question of who makes better gol gappas?

FYI:it's Hyderabad and Delhi for me.

Happy Days Part 6

I feel happy when I encounter a nice HR department who are genuinely interested in selling their firm to you rather than entitled pricks who think they are better than everyone.

Happy Days Part 5

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

Heartfelt hugs from friends, especially when unexpected, are the best.

Happy Days Part 4

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

Cheery professional emails make me happy. The ones that dispense with Dear XYZ and Thanks & Regards, and use exclamation marks unabashedly. Especially as I have a compulsive need for ending my mails like a 15 year old sitting for board exams.

Thanks,

Sincerely,
DK

Happy Days Part 3

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

Yeah, I skipped out on posting. But I like to think that I kept my resolution since I at least registered a happy thought every day, just didn't make the time to post it here. So here is a list of happy thoughts I remember having over the past few days-

• I pulled other people (well, one other person) on to the deck of HMS Dramione.
• I love Agar main kahu from Lakshya, even as I barely have any recollection of the movie itself, except of course Preity Zinta's hair and Hrithik Roshan's doped expression. It is a gentle, good-natured joke on Bollywood love songs and their tired cliches, even while sticking to the time honoured format of a lip-syncing hero-heroine traipsing among ruins. Also I am a sucker for ruins.

• I have realised I take failure in my stride now.Though I am not sure if this a very happy thought.
• The Sri Ram Centre canteen has re-opened. Or it always was open, but I was choosing the wrong times to visit it. In any case, that jinx is broken.
• Episode 2 of Sherlock Season 4 is excellent. I am still not sure I want to re-watch it obsessively, the way I did with the first two seasons. But that may be a function of my current age and current obsession (Refer to point about HMS Dramione), than the quality of the episode.
• I no longer like Koffee with Karan or have any appreciation for any Bollywood gossip. This has to be a sign of growing up, right?

Happy Days Part 2

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

No matter whether you're 16 and trying to organise a class assembly overnight, or 26 and writing essays for B-school applications, faffing always carries the day.

Happy Days Part 1

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

I went gym hopping today to ask about membership plans and fees. Since it's a new year, I wasn't the only one doing it. Met the same people at all the three gyms I visited.