In hindsight, I think I should not have sworn to shed some pounds; it should have been expressed in terms of the rupee. Given our national currency’s continuing free fall, I would have, by December 2025, felt lighter in body and spirit. Given humanity’s infidelities with New Year resolutions, I looked around for refuge — and found it in G.K. Chesterton. Simone de Beauvoir, who, like a general, barked at me to take charge of my life, grated on my nerves. If I could have taken charge of my existence, I wouldn’t have needed New Year resolutions as a fix, lady!

Source: The Telegraph December 28, 2025 02:19 UTC