When I grew up, I was always surrounded with cousins, uncles, brothers and sisters. I was afraid when little V would miss that kind of an environment. Making him feel home, is not just putting a roof over his head or parent him and pamper him. It is impossible for two people to play all …
When I met my wife A, before even the meeting ended, I knew she was the one. And she knew it too. Later in the evening she, with a lot of hesitation, mentioned that she was a single mother. What will society say about you? she asked. For some reason, it didn’t bother me one …
Often, parenting shows us a ugly mirror. It shows us the truth with all the imperfections and pit falls. Little V helped me see my shortcomings
A small flashback: It was 2008. I was working in a BPO as Quality Analyst. My job responsibility was to find errors, identify the people who did those errors and give feedback to them. We used various tools and techniques to identify errors and ensure quality. But I was young and naive. I used the …
What can I say about the year that went by. It was too fast and too slow at the same time. We, as a family, travelled a lot but at the same time yearned to travel a lot more. We had great food at the same time by the end of the year forced to …
Though I have not been posting here for a long time, this post cannot be missed. This year is going to be really special. Last year I introduced my fiance to my sister. They have not yet met. Because of the corona virus spread and the consequent lockdown they had to get introduced to each …
Rangan never understood the fascination of his younger son with rubber bands. He was sitting on a bench in the railway station. It doesn’t matter which railway station or waiting for which train, he was just in a railway station looking at the empty rails and the cleaners sweeping the railway station before the next …
Full disclosure : I was a part of the writing group in which the novel was submitted for critique in its raw bones. I thought it was brilliant then and I feel it is mind-blowing now. It is really hard to review a book which is written by one of my favourite writers. This is …
Like the last time, this time too the lockdown is very strictly maintained in our apartment complex. Even the people who gathered around to play the Indian version of Ludo with the steel dice and stuff are now shutting down themselves at home looking at the severity of the second wave. Ours is one of …
Its one day after the valentine’s day. Most of the people use this day to look back on how the previous day went. I think it is a good time for me to look back on how the previous, crazy, bat shit year went. When you get older and probably wiser, you think about a …
