by admin | May 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
It seems fitting to accept this on Mother’s day. A couple of years ago, I came to a very surprising revelation: when I opened my mouth, my mother often came out! This discovery would have been galling to me earlier. By the time I became a teenager, I was so full...
by admin | Mar 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
The four pre-teens race on the road, armed with their ‘pichkaris’ and colour. They spray the resident cars with watercolour, whoop with joy, and run along seeking new victims. The four young men who are employed in the apartment next door, converge in the park across...
by admin | Mar 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Online classes during the pandemic meant children had legitimate access to their computers for all hours of the day. Given that the digital natives are savvier than most hapless parents, they made the most of this privilege. Parents lamented how the kids were online...
by admin | Feb 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
The phone rings. It’s the delivery person letting me know that he is at the door or at the gate. I don’t understand the purpose of it all. What does it accomplish? If I am home, the dog has already told me that the gate is going to be breached. And if I am away, what...
by admin | Jan 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
“You want pudding.” I did not want pudding, I wanted a slice of Tiramisu. But younger people know so much more these days. I assumed that my much-younger sibling suggested pudding possibly because the pub made a mean pudding. Then my obnoxious sibling told me that the...
by admin | Aug 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
An impeccably dressed little girl ‘furiously’ biked past me. Then she yelled to her grandfather who was jogging alongside to ensure that she did not fall, “You don’t respect me!” He sheepishly smiled at me as he ran to placate her. I was amused. Momentarily. What does...
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