Month: December 2021

Party pooper alert!

Tomorrow is the last day of the calendar year. Another year flies by, without us really knowing what happened. Mostly Corona I guess. And now it’s resurgent again… Anyways, some plans for meeting close friends and family, and starting the new year on a high note. By working on 1st January. Personally, I could never …

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Of excuses and perseverance…

It’s late, you are tired, been working all day, Don’t worry, tomorrow you will be fresh again… You missed going out with friends, a bit of partying, Don’t worry, they will be there for you tomorrow again… So many series to watch, movies to see, It’s ok, new ones will be made again… The end …

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The curse of plenty…

LIfe was much simpler in the late 80s/early 90s. A lot less choices to make. If you wanted ice cream, there was vanilla, strawberry or chocolate. Clothes? Shirt and pant pieces twice a year (birthday and Diwali), neighbourhood family tailor, wait for a week. Channels? Doordarshan and then DD Metro, so two basically. Outings – …

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End of the year staples…

Top 10 books, top 10 movies, top 10 sayings, to 10 learnings.. A lot of top 10s float around on the web, in the dying weeks of the year. I used to compile my own, but nowadays I don’t have the time. I kind of like the books and movies lists, since you end up …

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I also love it when…

I also love it when you wake up in the middle of the night, sitting straight sleepy and crying, so that I can rock you to sleep once again… I also love it when you stroke my hand, and then grip it tightly as you lie next to me, and start dreaming, I also love …

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I love it when…

I love it when you hold my hand with your tiny fingers and then grip it tightly and fall asleep… I love it when you open your mouth so that I can feed you  and then spill half of it out, back onto my palm… I love it when you try to stand by yourself, …

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Anything to be merry about?

It’s that time of the year when people start to wind down, commencing with Christmas and ending in the New Year. A time to spend with family, friends, loved ones and in this year, Omicron. As we stare at rising cases in the UAE and elsewhere, it starts to get irritating. When will all this …

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Nurseries online??

Had a team meeting today, and among other things, came to know that the son of one of my colleagues has been attending nursery…online. Pray tell me, how does one get a 3-year old kid to take online classes?? It seems that they show him PowerPoints of A for Apple, B for Bat and the …

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“Can” you do it?

I see him picking up an empty can, carefully, trying to coordinate his limbs, adjusting his grip, pausing, slipping, until he gets it upright, and reaches for the smaller can to slowly lower it into the other, he misses twice, but does not relent nor does he let me do it for him, instead, he …

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