growing up… Lists 29 Jul 202229 Jul 2022 Lists When we got married, my roommates moved out of our barsati and my wife moved in. As the wedding happened without the knowledge and consent of our families, we…
BENGALI… The meal 29 Jul 202230 Jul 2022 The meal My grandfather, whom I called Dadu, was a British Civil servant with the title Rai Bahadur , who spent all his service years suited booted and having his…
bringing up children… Orientation 27 Jul 20221 Aug 2022 Orientation When I was a teenager, I greatly admired the Marxist revolutionary movements that I read about, be it Vietnam, Cuba, Telangana or Naxalbari . Ideologically I went from Pink,…
bringing up children… Parenting 18 Jul 202221 Sep 2022 When she was finishing school , like all middle class Indian parents we tried to persuade her to become an engineer doctor or lawyer. After getting excellent rankings in JEE,…
economy… Eating out 15 Jul 202223 Sep 2022 Eating out My parents were very fond of Eating out, so we got quite used to that early in life and now our children have the same habits. But over…
adventure… Rebelus.. a review 11 Jul 202211 Aug 2022 A left wing atheist dies in an accident and to his utter shock gets sent to heaven by a blundering angel. What is the outcome? Obviously all hell breaks loose…
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…
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…