Ashwatthama
For many of us, the reading and re-reading of stories from the Epics in Amar Chitra Katha or other children's [...]
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12, 2010
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12, 2010
Caught unawares… again!
December has this habit of advancing steadily and stealthily, catching me unawares, every year. Oh yes, I do not pretend [...]
12
12, 2010
The capital and small of Friendship
There is something about Facebook that does not seem right. Maybe something that the creators did not intend, nor imagine [...]
10
12, 2010
Snake and Ladder
One of the gifts that my newly-turned five-year-old got for his birthday was a Snake-and-Ladder board. It's his first board [...]
9
12, 2010
Futility of Attachments
When Abhimanyu, the valiant son of Arjuna, died in the Mahabharata war, Arjuna was overcome with grief. He decided to [...]
5
12, 2010
A unique language
One day in office, during lunch which all eleven of us were having together, my Malayali colleague and I started [...]
3
12, 2010
Dr.Yawn
The patient and his parents were already waiting for half an hour. The father walked around the lounge, trying to [...]
1
12, 2010
The life of a child is tough, because…
... if you're the youngest among your buddies, the bigger ones bully you... if you have a toy/cycle/scooter that no [...]
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11, 2010
Thought Waves?
Mr.B from the floor above came on Wednesday evening to hand me the key to his house. The woman who [...]
26
11, 2010
National Juice
My five-year-old's inquisitiveness knows no bounds. There are times when I painstakingly explain the rainbow to the eager and wide-eyed [...]