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 trés Parisien and nowhere near the joual of the Montreal working class. IContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version):Chapter 19: Escaping Quebec Nationalist Fervor from Montreal to Hogtown!”
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The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 18: Mind Numbing Law School at the University of Cote St. Luc:
My Bombay relatives were incessantly chattering about what my next step in life should be and it was the same story, MEDICINE, LAW, ACCOUNTING and COMPLIANCE! I could have lived a life of idle luxury with my wealth but the voice of my late father Paneer incessantly advised, if not nagged, me to improve myselfContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 18: Mind Numbing Law School at the University of Cote St. Luc:”
The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 17: A Big Shot with a Bachelor of Arts: What Next? The Panacea of Law
I breezed through my Bachelor of Arts programme at McGill University begging the question what was next? In the midst of my political science studies, I noted hordes of political science students slavishly busting their butts day and night in search of high grades to enable entrance into the hugely competitive law school admissions stream.Continue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 17: A Big Shot with a Bachelor of Arts: What Next? The Panacea of Law”
The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 15: Fishing with the Central Intelligence Agency on Lake Champlain: Operation Berlin Wall Humpty Dumpty
You have read that I had been approached at McGill University by The Royal Canadian Mounted Police to act as an informant to turn in and rat on “student revolutionaries”. I walked away from that “opportunity”. I was an Eastern European political scholar and of course I made summer plans to visit Yugoslavia, Bulgaria andContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 15: Fishing with the Central Intelligence Agency on Lake Champlain: Operation Berlin Wall Humpty Dumpty”
The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned But Marvellous (The Final Version):Chapter 14: The Torrid Sex Life of a Freshman
Rest assured this chapter title was required in my contract with Wuhan Wet Market Publishing. It is misleading. It is salacious and designed to sell copies. The contract did not state the contents of the chapter though other than it must be as lurid as possible! It could be the lack of torrid lust wasContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned But Marvellous (The Final Version):Chapter 14: The Torrid Sex Life of a Freshman”
The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version):Chapter 14: The Torrid Sex Life of a Freshman
Rest assured this chapter title was required in my contract with Wuhan Wet Market Publishing. It is misleading. It is salacious and designed to sell copies. The contract did not state the contents of the chapter though other than it must be as lurid as possible! It could be the lack of torrid lust wasContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version):Chapter 14: The Torrid Sex Life of a Freshman”
The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 12: My Moment of Fame Thanks to Food Poisoning! Me the Bombay Blaster aka Bombay Bastard!
Fame can strike when least expected. I was invited to the United Mutations box at the Montreal Forum to watch a special hockey match between the Montreal Canadians and the Indian National Hockey Team all the Indian team being dual Canadian citizens save for the goalie an “Untouchable” who was also a star cricket playerContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 12: My Moment of Fame Thanks to Food Poisoning! Me the Bombay Blaster aka Bombay Bastard!”
“The Penniless Pensioner”: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 11: My Routine at Montreal’s McGill University
Accustomed to a high-level standard of living in Bombay I chose my Montreal lodgings fitting for that standard. Being humble I rented the Presidential Suite at the Four Seasons in Montreal on Sherbrooke Street 8 minutes from most of my classes in the Leacock Building. A full staff to support my daily activities could beContinue reading ““The Penniless Pensioner”: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 11: My Routine at Montreal’s McGill University”
The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 11: What Courses Do I Take at McGill University?
I had mentioned I was awarded the Claire and Warren Quimby Scholarship for Third World Disadvantaged Urchins to McGill University. I was undecided as to what programme and what degree I should enroll in. My teachers at King’s School for Young Men in Bombay strongly recommended I obtain an arts degree to broaden my mindContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 11: What Courses Do I Take at McGill University?”
The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version) : Chapter 10: More Editorial Interference from Wuhan Wet Market Publishing: What I Don’t Like About Canadians
I am attempting to write my biography here collaborating with the renowned journalist Robert K. Stephen but yet again Wuhan Wet Market Publishing is interfering with my creative process. I received a call from senior editor Natasha Polehead demanding I should refrain from comparing Canadians to Indians, Brits and Americans as I will alienate someContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version) : Chapter 10: More Editorial Interference from Wuhan Wet Market Publishing: What I Don’t Like About Canadians”
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