adventure… Love and duty 15 Jun 202226 Jun 2022 Love and duty I have spoken earlier about how random canines get attached to me on the roads. This became a problem when a large stray in the famous Radhanagar…
LOVE… Reminders 8 Jun 202226 Jun 2022 Reminders Everything reminds me of you A crossword clue Some lines of rhyme A jingle on the radio The beaming face on the hoarding The one liner of the stand…
ART… Antique 5 Jun 202211 Jun 2022 The oldest living antique at home is me, some six decades, and the oldest once living, some fossils surreptitiously collected from Akal, Jaisalmer, some six million, but it hasn’t been…
bringing up children… Dividing our assets 4 Jun 2022 Dividing the assets There was a Bollywood remake of Cramer vrs Cramer called Akeley hum Akeley tum My precocious six-year-old daughter saw this with us and made a suggestion In…
adventure… Birthday 3 Jun 20227 Jun 2022 Birthday Every time my Birthday comes around, I’m expected to celebrate one more successful circumnavigation around the sun. But all that happens is that I grow older As kids we…
bringing up children… The prediction 25 May 202231 May 2022 The prediction A while back I wrote about how I inadvertently heard our pet being referred to as a mad dog by other dog walkers in our neighborhood and how…
adventure… Armchair travels 22 May 202229 May 2022 Armchair travelingTHE ROAD LESS TRAVELED I am to discuss a vital decision I took in my life, and what could have happened if I had decided differently  The most…
BENGALI… Hiding the shoes 17 May 202226 May 2022 Hiding the shoes The highlight of a Punjabi wedding is the ceremony called hiding the shoes. The marriage isn’t legalized without that. It is a battle of wits and stratagem…
drinking… The sundowner 17 May 202225 May 2022 The sundowner The gentlemen on the barstools were discussing the etiquette of drinking, like white liquor before sundown, and Whiskey afterwards, and drinking alone versus imbibing with friends, and so…
BENGALI… The big fat Punjabi wedding 15 May 202218 May 2022 I am attending a big fat Punjabi wedding in my in-laws family in Delhi, which is basically a week long celebration of eating drinking and dancing, with a short ceremony…
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