Digestive Snacks
[An apology to all those who don't share my opinion or my experiences. To misquote Khushwant Singh, it's written with malice to none at all. But seriously, India Today, 75 - nay 76 years - later, needs to hear this. A chance encounter with Vedika Singh, an energetic intern, caused me to finally pull this out and write it down. I must confess I had attempted to get ChatGPT to write this just to see how it would fare. As you can imagine it was all artificial and no intelligence. But that's the free version. I understand if you pay a tidy sum it can even select things to write that you never knew existed. Another time, another story.] History A friend of mine turned 60 last year and a great big bash was planned, secretly. He loves to read - apart from being glued to Netflix, I hear. So, in a flash of what was then mistaken for brilliance, I decided that I would present him with a One Year Subscription to Reader's Digest (with bonus free gift). His wife had to be