Life
There, but for the grace of dog, go I.
I see myself as the luckiest man alive. As someone who has received ...
Equitation
Girls can’t ride, eh?
Kymaia goes from 'girls can't ride' to demonstrating how to mount, walk, trot, ...
Leadership
Nirmala Sitharaman. Once again.
If there is a list of politicians whose voice, tone, and demeanour grates ...
Rant
Bar-bar dekho?
Why are liberals so hypocritical when it comes to applying standards to their ...
Rant
Stockholm Syndrome and us.
What is lacking in Indian society is for the oppressed classes to see ...
Justice
One generation, one inheritance, anyone?
The upper castes protesting reservations because they know some lower caste with a ...
Philanthropy
Competitive eating and hunger.
I seek help from my readers to find me a good, registered charity ...
Society
Textbook Fascism. Courtesy LinkedIn.
The very people one would expect to be the broadminded, tolerant, and moderate: ...
Storytelling
Kymaia: The first blog.
Kymaia writes her first blog post. And I cannot stop beaming with pride ...
Prediction/Forecast
Agniveer, The Officer’s Choice Edition. Coming soon.
The Agniveer scheme is more about saving a bankrupt government than true military ...
Privilege
Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon: A review (or maybe not).
I went into this movie with no expectations, and was almost ready to ...
Dissent/Protest
Caste at Google.
Apparently, highly educated, highly paid employees at Google think that caste is something ...
![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)
