Satire
Guess the country!
The similarities between what the right-wing bhakts hate and love are so little ...
History
The problem of self-appointed spokespersons.
Self-appointed guardians are seldom, if at all, guardians of anyone or anything except ...
Leadership
Par-dada ko haath lagaane se pehle par-pote se baat kar.
Rahul Gandhi's journey from a politician's son to a true leader of people ...
Activism
The Overton Window. And us.
The Overton Window has shifted right sharply in the recent past and while ...
Caste
My last word on Sudha and her spoon.
Sudha Murthy, in her quest to get (either herself or her equally bigoted ...
Politics
Modi. And Dangal.
Modi has transcended mortality and gone over to divinity. The only way to ...
Atheism
‘Why don’t you mock Islam or Christianity?’
The only 'retort' theists (mainly Hindus, in my case) seem to have to ...
Reviews
My final word: Adipurush.
Adipurush, an interpretation of Ramayana, hit the box office last week. And was ...
Religion
Asking Vithoba for health.
Kymaia wonders if walking for 21 days isn't good for health as is, ...
History
The future. And Emperor Kedar.
Romila Thapar, the brilliant and respected historian of Indian ancient history, have a ...
Rant
Lunatics and the asylum.
You are no longer looking at lunatics from outside the asylum. You are ...
India
Bharat Jodo Yatra: My journey.
A journal chronicling my journey to and participation in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, ...
Dissent/Protest
Arvind, I am out. You’ve lost it.
AAP and Arvind Kejriwal have demanded religious figures on the Indian currency. He ...
Nostalgia
Virtue signalling. And us.
I grew up with storytellers virtue signal about Indian unity and secularism around ...
![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)
