Do our inside voices determined our outside choices? 18th June, Father’s Day and I was very emotional. My younger daughter and her friends had given me a surprise gift with confetti and balloons. Older daughter had my photo as her profile pic. The new gen way of “gifting”. I decided to give them... Continue Reading →

  What do you find out about yourself through suffering ? April 2004, Mumbai. The day I had been waiting for. My first ever medical check-up result. All four eyes are not on me, but on the medical results. After report cards, it is the first time after years that my mother was so anxious.... Continue Reading →

  “Do you know how many people are following me?” This was the question my teen aged daughter asked me…………. “Following you? Who?” “On Instagram Dad!” 15 years back if this question came up, my entire neighborhood would have assembled in front of my house. Also, the relationship between a dad and daughter could have... Continue Reading →

I did not wish my mother on Mother’s Day. For me the last 33 years have been Mother’s Day. A week back I received a call from my mother around 10.40 AM. It was a sad news. One of my cousin’s husband passed away. He was in his mid 30’s and survived by his wife and... Continue Reading →

“Seventy-nine percent of smartphone owners check their device within 15 minutes of waking up every morning. A 2011 university study suggested people check their phones 34 times per day. The technologies we use have turned into compulsions if not full-fledged addictions. Face it, we are hooked!” (Hooked- by Nir Eyal) Today our kids are back... Continue Reading →