Democracy
My Republic Day 2023 wish.
I have never understood why history and civics are combined in Indian schools ...
News
India: The Modi Question.
The recent documentary about Modi released by the BBC is simply telling us ...
History
The future. And Emperor Kedar.
Romila Thapar, the brilliant and respected historian of Indian ancient history, have a ...
Biking
Ride to the Vintage Miles museum.
I ride with the Country Riders Tribe to see a vintage museum. And ...
Empathy
We are all Mishrajis.
We Indians, and specifically privileged Indians, severely lack empathy.
Commentary
Speeding? Or killer roads?
What will it take for this regime to realise that the larger problem ...
Adventure
Mumbai trip via the Vistadome.
Mamma bear planned and executed a trip for the entire Bear family to ...
Hypocrisy
Liberals. Sigh!
Indian liberals are a strange tribe, who fight not to include others, especially ...
Rant
Lunatics and the asylum.
You are no longer looking at lunatics from outside the asylum. You are ...
Bureaucracy
Babu, samjho ishare.
Indian bureaucracy is so stuck in the British Raj-era red tapism that even ...
Art
No accounting for taste!
I watch the controversial song that is making the Right Wing trolls froth ...
Civilisation
Washing your bum. And the colonial mindset.
As white men discover the hygiene faucet, I hope this will give the ...
Cringe
Sir(?) Ratan Tata.
It's been a while since I have been noticing people referring to Ratan ...
Rant
The circular firing squad. Again.
The stark contrast in the response by the Right-wing and the liberals to ...
Satire
One for the team.
Apparently, there's a contest regarding Narendra Modi's radio monologues. I feel sorry for ...
India
Bharat Jodo Yatra: My journey.
A journal chronicling my journey to and participation in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, ...
Travel
Bharat Jodo Yatra 2022: The prep.
I chronicle my journey to Nanded and back to participate in the in ...
Dissent/Protest
Arvind, I am out. You’ve lost it.
AAP and Arvind Kejriwal have demanded religious figures on the Indian currency. He ...
![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)
