Humour
Posts from the humour category.
Sameer Gudhate on Weight Wars: When the Scale Measures More Than Weight
Weight is one of the few things society feels entitled to discuss without invitation. At family gatherings, in office corridors, at weddings, even in casual conversations between acquaintances, someone’s body often becomes public property. Advice arrives freely, concern disguises judgment, and humour sometimes carries a sting that lingers far longer than anyone intends. What begins as a conversati...
Formula Snooze
i have an answer to the boring pile of glamorous shit that is the Monaco F1 race. as everyone knows the order in which you qualify is the order in which you finish. give or take a couple of crashes. so its against the spirit of racing as much a spirit as it is.instead of having the race on sunday - it should be a bunch of qualifying sessions. lets say 3 quali sessions. 15 mins each with 10 mins in...
Sameer Gudhate Reflects on Ever After by Saroor Sarao — Where Death Begins the Real Story
There are some stories that begin after the ending — and somehow feel more urgent because of it. While reading Ever After by Saroor Sarao, I kept returning to a quiet, unsettling thought: what if death doesn’t close anything… it simply removes our excuses?This isn’t a grand, philosophical exploration dressed in heavy language. It arrives in a far more disarming way. A flawed girl. A strange hotel....
Unicorns in the City Book Review by Sameer Gudhate Insights and Reflections
Some mysteries begin with a dead body. Others begin with a whisper.Unicorns in the City by Deepti L. Sharma begins with something far more unsettling — a child’s quiet secret.While reading this book, I found myself smiling at the innocence of the moment and yet feeling a subtle unease creeping in. A little girl, Gullu, casually mentions that her best friend’s grandmother has been murdered. But whe...
Unpacking Humor and Life Lessons in Spilled Coffee and Some Laughs by Bindu Unnikrishnan
There’s something different about returning to a writer.The first time you read someone, you observe them.The second time, you listen more closely.Having reviewed earlier work by Bindu Unnikrishnan, I didn’t walk into Spilled Coffee and Some Laughs as a stranger. I walked in with memory. With familiarity. With a quiet expectation of honesty.And this book met me there.Some books arrive like loud an...
Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of Aiyyo, What Will the Neighbours Say? by Aruna Nambiar
There’s a particular sound that echoes through Indian homes — a sharp intake of breath followed by a whispered, scandalised question: Aiyyo… what will the neighbours say? It’s not just a sentence. It’s a mood. A warning. Sometimes even a full-blown philosophy of life. I smiled the moment I opened Aruna Nambiar’s Aiyyo, What Will the Neighbours Say? because I knew, instinctively, that this book und...
Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of A Question of Trust by Jonathan Pinnock
The first thing you should know is this: I didn’t intend to laugh at 1:17 a.m. on a weekday. But there I was, trying to be a responsible adult, and suddenly snorting into my pillow because a fictional python named Bertrand decided to make his displeasure known. If you’ve ever had a book ambush your sanity at an ungodly hour, you’ll know the exact flavour of joy I’m talking about. And that’s the pe...
Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of The Do-Over by Lynn Painter
There are days that taste like heartbreak — metallic and cold — and there are days that smell of rain-soaked second chances. The Do-Over by Lynn Painter lives somewhere between the two, looping endlessly in that bittersweet space where pain and hope take turns holding your heart.I still remember my first Lynn Painter read — Better Than the Movies — a warm, quirky rom-com that made me believe in th...
Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
There’s something oddly satisfying about watching chaos simmer — in a test tube or a kitchen. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus captures that messy alchemy of life, science, and womanhood with a spark that refuses to be contained. It’s the kind of book that arrives wearing a lab coat but hides a rebellious smile underneath — equal parts thought experiment and emotional explosion.Bonnie Garmus,...
