We inherited Charan from Rajesh's previous business venture.

Rajesh in turn, inherited him from his father. Between father and son, he's been around for over 35 years now with us. The relationship, you could say is um...umbilical.

Today, Man Friday and Pantry Chief at Pigtail Pundits, he's indispensable. Especially when it comes to retrieving files, running errands, chasing payments and suitably invigorating us with countless cups of tea and coffee (aah!), or keeping us all in good humour.

Never the one to sit idle, you'll find Charan mending and inventing handy contraptions out of discarded stuff or entertaining us with his tales or crazy one-liners.

Talking of one-liners, try these for starters: "Old in Gold" (instead of old is gold), "I am no idea" (for I have no idea) and "Where are you chamach?" (To be understood as where is the spoon?)