The day I became a father
18th June 2022“Amma, Anna,” Mamatha’s screams continued, now occurring every other minute, and the decibel of her screams increased as well. Finally, unable to bear it, my…
Tag: Parenting
A friend in need even when he was dead in deed.
7th June 2022My father-in-law died exactly a month ago. He was eighty-five when he died. My earliest memory of my father-in-law is the first dinner I had…
Change your Outlook.
19th December 2020“Please do attend my daughter’s wedding,” said the nearly six feet, fair and gentlemanly Ramakrishna formally, in his soft voice. He got up from the…
Children as educators
14th October 2020“Appa, you have to watch this movie. It is on Netflix. I will WhatsApp details” my daughter told me last week. Since her suggestions have…
Life Lessons from my Eyeless Angel
18th June 2020“I want to tell you something before we meet up”, I said to the mother of the prospective groom for my daughter. The groom had…
God is but a Weaver
23rd July 2019“Mohan, I am pregnant,” Mamatha said just as a plane took off from the tarmac. I was in the STD booth of Bangalore airport sometime…