Wearing Purple
Games People Play
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...
DND
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...
Don’t table the manners
“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...
Be careful of the words you speak!
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...
The Parent trap
When I heard the song, “I am too Sexy” by Right Said Fred, my reaction (and fascination) at the lyrics caused a classmate to present me with the single. Extremely catchy and irreverent, the song made me laugh; it also normalized the word for me. So when my...
Shaken and Stirred
My friend’s octogenarian mother slipped in the kitchen recently. Thankfully, it was a soft fall and she was not hurt. But as she fell, she screamed and so did my friend. The husband came running to help but the grandson watched the whole thing from his seat at the...
What lies within
During a recent Zoom call with friends, the conversation veered into beauty. After all, any tips to maintain the appearance of youth are always welcome. Hair fall was the topic of the day. We cribbed about the government’s inefficiency to soften the water in our taps...
Gonna be a bear!
"In this life, I'm a woman. In my next life, I'd Like to come back as a bear. When you are a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. Before you hibernate, you are supposed to eat yourself stupid. When you are a girl bear, you birth...
Scram(b)ling for hope
Fourteen months of the pandemic seems to have exhausted all we can do to keep busy and to keep our spirits up. The cakes have been baked, ‘clicked’ and ‘shared’. We have read incessantly. We have ‘zoomed’ out of video calls and conversations demand energy that I no...
This too shall pass
'What day is it?' My son sitting quietly on the chair in my room smiled, and then laughed; Friday, he said. I felt quite like Phileas Fogg, of Around the world in 80 days, when I awoke today from an eight-day covid-induced fog. For someone passionate about not wasting...