Violence
Rasm-e-Duniya?
Holi is simply an excuse to assault people and violate personal spaces. It ...
History
The future. And Emperor Kedar.
Romila Thapar, the brilliant and respected historian of Indian ancient history, have a ...
Adventure
A guided tour on a winter’s morning.
Kymaia and her parents go on a (guided) walkabout around old Pune to ...
Philanthropy
Competitive eating and hunger.
I seek help from my readers to find me a good, registered charity ...
Society
The real khatra to Hinduism.
The recent controversy on a film poster on which Kaali is shown smoking ...
Films/Movies
Can you spoil history?
You know they've faked history when they worry about spoilers. Can you imagine ...
Culture
Indians and mythology.
Indians have such a rich tradition of storytelling to draw from that it ...
Advice
The oppressed and their leadership.
Standing with and empathising with the oppressed does not automatically translate into liking, ...
Warning
The RW trap for liberals.
By choosing its subjects shrewdly, the RW is setting a trap for liberals. ...
Woo
The chickenpox virus and religion.
Kymaia is allowed and in fact encouraged to mingle freely with the religious, ...
Morality
Where I stand. And where I do not.
It is important to take stock of where one stands and what one ...
Debate
The azaan, loudspeakers, and religion in public life.
My stand on the use of loudspeakers is clear. Either ban them all, ...
Woo
How kooky is kooky, really?
How is a decision-maker of a private entity believing that she needs to ...
Logic
How can you tell?
When religious people speak of 'superstition', how really can they tell the difference ...
![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)
