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Those were the good old days. Dad would listen to his Murphy radio for a staple diet of news every day and night. And the entire family would crowd around the huge set on Saturday nights, for All India Radio's Saturday Date.

Then TV came. Dad always wanted to buy a black and white set, but he never did.

So, about 20 to 30 of us, all children from chawls, would go to a neighbouring building, where a rich Gujarati family lived, and packed their living room floor every night, watching TV.

Before I become another David Letterman and have anyone blackmail me, I will tell you all my story. In my previous job, I had an affair with an intern. And the affair continues till today.

It was not an affair as in the 'Letterman affair', but it is better to make what is clear 'very clear'.

Four interns had joined when I was the boss of a department. And, yes, I got quite close to one of them.

10 newspaper headlines you will probably never see in your lifetime:

Bullshit hits the fan!

MiD DAY on some stock exchange scam

Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman

Indian Express page 1 anchor one year after Satyam ex-chief is released from prison

Here are 10 excuses you should never give anyone and the replies you will get if you dare do so.

I could not attend an important company board meeting in New Delhi due to the Air India pilots' strike.

Fly Jet, buddy.

I will not vote in the Maharashtra assembly elections in October as my favourite party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, is in a total mess.

Vote Shiv Sena, yaar.

Please save the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Save it, save it! The wife wailed the other day, shedding a couple of alligator tears.

Do you think I am some superman, I asked the wife, very angrily.

Oh, no, hope we are not headed towards another mom-dad fight, interjected the son.