Month: November 2023

Of picks and happiness…

Rohāmrta has his daily pick. One toy, one piece of stuff – can be anything from a spoon to his car. This thing then becomes his obsession of the day, so much so that he carries it to his diaper station, his food table, his play school, he even sleeps with it in his hand. …

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On jealousy…

Jealousy is a common human trait. We would have to admit that we have been jealous or envious of someone at some stage of our lives. It may be as silly as a car, to bigger things such as someone having your dream job, or a much better pay package, a bigger house, a better …

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On miners and stories…

The trapped miners have finally been freed! Unless you have been living under a rock (do excuse the pun), pretty much the whole of India has been following the story of the miners trapped in Uttarakhand – 41 men at the mercy of a mountain. American equipment failed, and it finally took a banned (manual …

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Oops…I lost…

Ok, I lost the challenge.  From the past few years, the Dubai Fitness Challenge has been the key to kickstarting my winter training schedule. Me and my team have been participating in this initiative and having a small internal competition of our own, to inspire fitness among ourselves. I usually win because of my consistency …

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A drop from the Panchatantra…

पूर्वं तावद् अहं मूर्खो द्वितीयः पशु-बन्धकः ।ततो राजा च मन्त्री च सर्वं वै मूर्ख-मण्डलम् ॥ २१६ ॥ pūrvaṃ tāvad ahaṃ mūrkho dvitīyaḥ paśu-bandhakaḥ |tato rājā ca mantrī ca sarvaṃ vai mūrkha-maṇḍalam || 216 || Firstly, I am a fool. The second fool is the one with the snare. The king and his ministers are also fools, and …

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A bit on being thankful…

Today, I just feel thankful. It was a very productive day, and by the time it was 6, I had completed whatever I had set out to do, and more. But instead of the usual flush of excitement, I felt a calming feeling of thankfulness. Thankfulness. A feeling that we usually get after a crisis …

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Of lunches and luncheons…

We had (one more) team lunch today. A double treat – one of our staff bought a car and the second – well I am still not clear why she gave a treat but I ain’t complaining – the food was delicious – or should I say delish – as the lingo goes nowadays. The …

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Far from the madding crowd…

Far from the madding crowd… from the atmosphere of pretentious interaction of cold handshakes and superficial exchanges… from places that are too boring to frequent and people who cannot hold a conversation of intelligence… from companies that do too much to appear cool while employees struggle to make ends meet at home… from events that …

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Boyz to men…

Today we twinned, Rohaamrta and me. In red. He seemed content, and well, so was I! Children grow up so fast that you scramble to collect as many memories as you can on the way. From the cradling days, to the babbling days, to the crawling days and now the walking and twinning days. Soon …

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