History
The problem of self-appointed spokespersons.
Self-appointed guardians are seldom, if at all, guardians of anyone or anything except ...
Question
The fallacy of the ‘Proud Nationalists’.
What exactly are today's 'Proud Nationalists' proud about? Or even nationalist about? Which ...
Activism
The Overton Window. And us.
The Overton Window has shifted right sharply in the recent past and while ...
Republic of India
India, that is Bharat.
How do you deal with people who have not read even the first ...
History
The future. And Emperor Kedar.
Romila Thapar, the brilliant and respected historian of Indian ancient history, have a ...
Cringe
Laxman and Sonia.
Indians seem to 'celebrate' every win for an Indian-origin leader as somehow vindication ...
Politics
Jaishankar, his son, and digital India.
Dr S Jaishankar, Indian Minister of External Affairs, gave a humorous speech ...
History
My independence day radio interview.
A historian cancelled an interview on the local radio, and I was pulled ...
Celebration
मेरे घर का झंडा…
PM Modi, in his characteristic emphasis on optics and style over actual work ...
Society
A single wish.
On India's independence day, we must also introspect on the millions who are ...
Leadership
Governing the Marathas.
The history of the Marathas is rife with lessons, one of which is ...
Prediction/Forecast
Agniveer, The Officer’s Choice Edition. Coming soon.
The Agniveer scheme is more about saving a bankrupt government than true military ...
Warning
On a destructive path: Agnipath.
Shuddhabrata Sengupta writes on Facebook: 'It will lead to a deprofessionalized military and ...
Dissent/Protest
Safety valves and democracy.
If you shut all safety vales and increase the heat to a pressure ...
History
A warning from Pakistan.
If we teach our children the wrong history or bad science, it will ...
Right Wing
Too extreme for Savarkar?
The crackpot conspiracy theorist P N Oak was a family acquaintance of my ...
Democracy
Shiv Sena and sedition.
While it might be the case that BJP only understands this language where ...
![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)
