by Mrinalini Batra | Jun 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
My cousin’s five-year-old son, Pranav, stayed with us during the weeklong celebrations of my brother’s wedding. An extremely active and intelligent child, he surprised us with his resourcefulness in getting into trouble. He would admit to his misadventures but he was...
by Mrinalini Batra | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
My father walks into our home after having completed 4 km on foot from his house. He looks a little beat but it is not because of the exercise. He tells my son, “Raghupati, you have to help me. I have lost Google on my computer”. My son, by turns, looks incredulous...
by Mrinalini Batra | May 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the last twenty years, I have had many conversations with my mother. I have thought about her deeply but always in the context of the people she left behind – the people who were deeply impacted by her leaving the earth too early. Over the last couple of...
by Mrinalini Batra | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the last six weeks, I have learned many new things. The Internet has been my teacher – from teaching me how to teleconference with clients and friends to making margaritas and also, how to give my husband a haircut. We still live together because there is a...
by Mrinalini Batra | Apr 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
The phone rang at 1:00 PM in summer and at 1:30 PM in winter. Every working day. Even if I was busy, my office connected the call. Failure in trying to engage the caller had made them realized the futility of any alternate action. His focus was unwavering. “Can I...
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