Language
Kehna kya chahte ho?
The lawyers and judges are the new Brahmins, the high priests and priestesses ...
Rant
Goose. Meet gander.
What's sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander, right? Right? ...
Parenting
Jog-and-talk-with-Baba-Bear day.
Baba and Baby Bears enjoy a nice run & workout, before going off ...
Commentary
Everything’s a secret unless we say so.
Why are we so secretive? Because of our colonial history where the 'natives' ...
Activism
From one Brahmin to another.
I write to Brahmins like me about the safety of privilege, and how ...
Caste
My last word on Sudha and her spoon.
Sudha Murthy, in her quest to get (either herself or her equally bigoted ...
Insight
Vanity. Women. And me.
I think about why women feel comfortable treating me as their buddy, and ...
Atheism
‘Why don’t you mock Islam or Christianity?’
The only 'retort' theists (mainly Hindus, in my case) seem to have to ...
Adventure
Built for speed. But also comfort.
BattleCat breaks down with a dead battery in the most scenic places she ...
Society
If money was no object…
I love hypothetical questions. But a recent one on Twitter about money being ...
Society
Loag kya kahenge, anyone?
Why are Indians, otherwise so bothered with their appearances, not considerate to others ...
Aviation
The Jumbo and I.
Boeing retired its 747 series Jumbo jets and delivered the last one. I ...
Empathy
We are all Mishrajis.
We Indians, and specifically privileged Indians, severely lack empathy.
Celebration
Christmas decorations with the Bear family.
Little Baby bear decorates her room for Christmas.
Question
A relaxing pedicure? My foot.
My ex-wife very kindly gifts me a pedicure, and I have a ball, ...
![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)
