Atheism
‘Why don’t you mock Islam or Christianity?’
The only 'retort' theists (mainly Hindus, in my case) seem to have to ...
Love
A letter from Team Kymaia.
As Kymaia grows towards puberty, we, her parents, remind her that while she ...
Language
Keral or Kerala?
Language chauvinists don't care whether they are fighting against something that is a ...
Advice
Great actor vs Film star: Unpopular Opinion
People, in their enthusiasm, and love for a deceased artist, tend to use ...
Morality
The Second Law.
The products of the future may come with the politics of the manufacturer ...
Ageing
Honest question.
I am constantly told to behave age appropriately. And now, I have started ...
Insight
How a ‘good job’ leads to a good job.
This morning's endurance run with Kym made me realise how much motivation matters.
Hypocrisy
Liberals. Sigh!
Indian liberals are a strange tribe, who fight not to include others, especially ...
Social Media
The delta between online and IRL.
I am intrigued and amused by the delta between people as they appear ...
Art
No accounting for taste!
I watch the controversial song that is making the Right Wing trolls froth ...
Empathy
Social media. Icebergs. Elephants. And nuclear bombs.
I realise that the haste in which we bestow the status of a ...
Cringe
Sir(?) Ratan Tata.
It's been a while since I have been noticing people referring to Ratan ...
Bias
The self-delusion of smart people.
Smart people have a disadvantage when it comes to stupid life decisions: They ...
Theatre
The Greatest Show On Earth? Nah!
I go to see an English play in Mumbai soon after I watched ...
Bias
Vegetarians and cannibals.
Modi & Shah have polluted and spoilt the name of their home state, ...
Dissent/Protest
Arvind, I am out. You’ve lost it.
AAP and Arvind Kejriwal have demanded religious figures on the Indian currency. He ...
Caste
The garib Brahmin and the Ivy League.
The myth of the 'garib Brahmin' and how reservations are the cause of ...
![Mr Baba: 'Would you like to take off the backpack now that you've been downstairs for like 30 minutes?'
Ms Kym-Kym: 'I like it like this. You should try it. It's very comfortable.'
Mr Baba: [Pulling on his backpack] 'Hmmm, you're right. That's rather snug.'
Ms Kym-Kym: 'Twinning! Yay!'
#LuckiestManAlive #BearFamily](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/416920031_3373151642830342_6696851954454537274_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=ZMLmjPdSAEUAX8nnJex&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfB0olvUVmnenPKd2wCllMDehg5gzDgAbc4BDsGLqIm6pA&oe=65BA4561)
![Kym: 'Mr Baba, can I tell you something wierd? You can actually get tired from doing nothing!!'
Me: 'It is called boredom.'
Kym: 'Noooo. I mean, like physically tired.'
Me: 'One can get tired and sleepy due to boredom. I remember reading about it somewhere. Let's find out.'
[Some Googling later]
Me: 'It says here that "A new paper published in the journal Nature Communications finds that a part of the brain that is associated with motivation and pleasure - the nucleus accumbens - also can produce sleep. The new findings may explain why we have the tendency to fall asleep in the absence of motivating stimuli, i.e., when bored." Isnt it interesting?'
Kym: 'I already knew that. Why do you need to research things we already know?'
Me: [Finding a subject worth talking about now]: ' Ah well, that's what we'll talk of tomorrow on your morning run. It's very interesting the way science is done and our understanding of the universe is expanded.'
Kym: 'Can we talk of unicorns instead?'
Me: 'Sure. How do you know they exist? That's an interesting question too that you can use the scientific method to answer.'
Kym: 'Do they have to exist for us to talk about them? We can just pretend they do for an hour and have fun.'
Me: [Laughing] 'Yes, sure. We can do that too.'
#BabaBabyConversations #BearFamily #KymAndI](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/416410840_383105434396466_2267910263456009774_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=LIozs445JFcAX_48wGC&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfDQ2qbb0yO_wUmLj_L0ZxF61eDdwlIN-vyrd8GZe_pBMQ&oe=65BAFA57)
