GS Battu Writes

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The year was 1985. We were in medical college. Me and my friend had gone to see the movie Godfather in local theater. Not that we were English movie buffs. We had gone there purely out of peer pr...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on March 15, 2025

That blind spot on the back

“Will you scratch my back?” I asked my wife. She looked at me with a suspicious expression. “So that you can scratch my back?” Romance was the last thing on my mind. I was being annoyed by a blin...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on March 1, 2025

St Valentines and economy

“Hello.” I was trying to connect with the past. The past where it all began. Or, in whose name it all began. “Hello, is that St Valentines?” “Hello. Yes, it is me.” Came a guttural response. “T...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on February 15, 2025

The clock, the alarm and the snooze

Ever since I was born and till the time government of India decided that I was of ripe age to go to school, my routine was – have feed, burp, sleep. And repeat. Sleep time and wake time were as per...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on February 1, 2025

The majestic moongfali

I was visiting a public office to submit some application. There was no one at the counter. And there was no one at the seat to man the counter. The only indication of human presence at the seat wa...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on January 18, 2025

I have a paunch

I am not fat. I never was. But I was fed on butter and desi ghee right from my childhood. And now past the middle age, all that stuff has accumulated on the front part of my tummy. It is not much....

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on January 4, 2025

Stupidity Quotient

Earlier we were taught – its all about common sense and as the name denotes, it is supposed to be very common. Soon it changed to – common sense is not very common. But no body told us when thing...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on December 27, 2024

Winter marriages and the fashion

North India shivers in winters. It is as if we are on vibratory mode. Display of single digit temperatures on phone screen or TV channels further aggravates the feeling and increases the amplitude ...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on December 20, 2024

New Year? – Have a resolution

I wonder who started this custom of New Year Resolutions. I mean, why only at the dawn of new year? I make resolutions all throughout the year. And break them equally regularly. Like, whenever I g...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on December 13, 2024

Husbands and dogs

It was men’s day out. We were all in a pub enjoying drinks. One of us seemed quite off color. “Why are you sad, our dear friend?” we all asked him. “My wife loves our dog more than she loves me...

Posted by Gurpreet Singh Battu on December 8, 2024