I graduated with two law degrees from the University of Cote St. Luc Law School in Montreal. Despite the fact I spoke very good French having learnt this noble language at the King’s School for Young Men in Bombay my French was tres Parisian and nowhere near the joual of the Montreal working class. IContinue reading ““The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 19: Escaping Quebec Nationalist Fervor in Montreal to Hogtown!”
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“Travels to a Different Time” : 12September2022: Knee Fine but Ankle No! 9,000 German Deaths: Thessaloniki Greece
The pain in the knee has disappeared but overnight a pain in the ankle. What a pain in the ass! I am a Hop Along Cassidy and in excruciating pain. Nothing works not even the Dicoflex cream from the compounding pharmacy which I had to cease taking due to an adverse reaction being a rashContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 12September2022: Knee Fine but Ankle No! 9,000 German Deaths: Thessaloniki Greece”
“The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous”: Chapter 18: Mind Numbing Law School at the University of Cote St. Luc: Learning the Tricks of the Trade
Back home in Bombay my relatives were chattering non-stop about my next step in life. It was MEDICINE, LAW, ACCOUNTING and COMPLIANCE! I could have lived a life of idle luxury with my wealth but the voice of my late father incessantly advised improve yourself and society by your actions. I could not see howContinue reading ““The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous”: Chapter 18: Mind Numbing Law School at the University of Cote St. Luc: Learning the Tricks of the Trade”
“The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 17: A Big Shot with a Bachelor of Arts: What Next?
I breezed through my Bachelor of Arts programme at McGill University so the question was what is next? When I was in the midst of my political science studies I noted the hordes of political science students slavishly busting their butts day and night in search of high grades to enable entrance into the hugelyContinue reading ““The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 17: A Big Shot with a Bachelor of Arts: What Next?”
RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: Charity and the Day of Reckoning at the Gates of Heaven
“And you whose immortal soul opened a money changing shop: you sit on the threshold, plunge your hand into the sack, give alms to the poor, lend to God. You keep a ledger and write: I gave so many florins for charity so and so on such and such a day, and at such anContinue reading “RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: Charity and the Day of Reckoning at the Gates of Heaven”
RKS History: Grumbling Housewives and the Gestapo
“The inapparent inability of the regime to guarantee either stable prices or a regular supply of daily necessities, including food and clothing, was deeply disconcerting. According to a Gestapo report, the popular mood in the autumn of 1934 was apathetic and gloomy. Irritation with the many petty restrictions of everyday life was widespread and outrightContinue reading “RKS History: Grumbling Housewives and the Gestapo”
RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: The Death of a Child
“When a child dies, there is no land to be handed down, hardly any possessions to be divided up, no job or role unfulfilled, no debts that need be paid off. A child is a small sun that shines in the shadow of its parents, and when the sun goes out there is darkness onlyContinue reading “RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: The Death of a Child”
RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: Living our Own Murder Mystery
“The sad fact is that there are no natural deaths, despite what doctors say. Every death is felt by someone as a murder, as the unjust taking of a loved being. And even the luckiest of us will encounter one murder in our lives: our own. It is our fate. We all live a murderContinue reading “RKS Literature: Passage of the Day: Living our Own Murder Mystery”
RKS History: A Jewish Escape Route from Nazi Germany: The Haavara Transfer
“The Haavara Transfer involved a transaction between the Reich’s authorities and a group of Zionist businesses based at the Hanotea orange plantation in Natania just outside of Tel Aviv. Whereas the British mandate restricted immigration (to Palestine) by applicants without financial means, anyone equipped with at least 1,000 Palestinian pounds was granted free entry underContinue reading “RKS History: A Jewish Escape Route from Nazi Germany: The Haavara Transfer”
“The Penniless Pensioner; Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 16 Eastern European Espionage
My work for the Central Intelligence Agency caused me no moral dilemma. My assignment was simply to be somewhat of an academic traveller. I was a student of Eastern European politics so I had every reason to be visiting Eastern Europe. I was to hang out in various universities in Eastern Europe and gauge theContinue reading ““The Penniless Pensioner; Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 16 Eastern European Espionage”
