Politics
The oppressed. And power.
Seems that oppressors do not wish for parity. They wish for a turning ...
Dissent/Protest
Power reveals character.
A bit Marathi film actress wrote a rather tasteless poem mocking the NCP ...
Right Wing
Too extreme for Savarkar?
The crackpot conspiracy theorist P N Oak was a family acquaintance of my ...
Communication
Practice makes perfect? I dunno.
Is the inability to say no a trait unique to this subcontinent or ...
Rant
Incredible India. Incredible us.
We Indians really need to pull up socks if we have to live ...
Social Media
Reading a newspaper, my online life, and gratitude.
The Internet and social media have become such an integral part of my ...
Society
Syncretism? Bah!
The way Hindu liberals share Muslims partaking in and co-celebrating Hindu festivals as ...
Woo
The chickenpox virus and religion.
Kymaia is allowed and in fact encouraged to mingle freely with the religious, ...
Entertainment
SlapGate at the Oscars?
Chris Rock made a bald joke about Jada Pinkett Smith (who has had ...
Science
Curiosity and scepticism.
Indian children are not imbibed with curiosity and scepticism in school and that ...
Fallacy
Your feelings ≠ National pride.
The mistaking of one's personal feelings for a representation of the entire nation's ...
Debate
The azaan, loudspeakers, and religion in public life.
My stand on the use of loudspeakers is clear. Either ban them all, ...
Democracy
Politics and the military: A contrast in two videos.
The separation of military and political matters is the hallmark of a functioning ...
Dissent/Protest
Democracy and war.
How are Russians, under Putin, able to find the courage to protest an ...
![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)
