. . . and she never stops . . .
For a culture that will feed you no end so you can feed your baby well, we do a pretty shabby job of giving breastfeeding women what they and baby’s health need most: a stress-free environment. Breast-feeding is worse than a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” predicament. You are damned if you…
How easy it is to get a driving license in Pune.Or how difficult it can get. The son turned 18 in 2020. He can now drive a motored vehicle if he has a license. Yay! So we ventured out to get one for Arsh. What I knew beforehand. It is a two-step process—first the learner’s…
This two-line story needs two pieces of background. 1. I want to die the day I turn sixty. I think that is enough life for me, it will reduce my carbon print, etc. I am not going to go into a discussion about this, this is just what I want. Of course, I would be…
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Some of us want to blame someone for our locked down situation. Here’s my role in the blame-game.
I mull over why friending is better than parenting, even though it is not easier.
My case for renaming “pride” to “the p-word”.
I went swimming, which felt like I went thinking. This time felt like jotting the experience down.
Plurality always existed as did difference of opinions. But, so did each sect, sub-sect, and sub-sub-sect’s need for individuality. Is it a surprise then, that there has never been a world without conflict? It goes with the theory of evolution too, right? Every group of humans fighting a fight only because they want to survive?…
The kids were playing a game of cards with their friends. The usual banter of a bunch of 10-14 year olds was on. A perfect hot, summer afternoon pass-time. Of course, I had to chime in a “Language!” every time one of them went “SHIT!” or “What the hell!?!” That would make them switch to…
Are people, phases of your life? Are kids phases in their parents’ lives? At different ages, different phases? When they fly away, the empty nest phase arrives with a whole new world of opportunities for all parties involved? Are friends phases in friends’ lives, with physical distance, comes a little emotional one too? You grow…
