Leadership
Indian society – Mirror, mirror on the wall.
Today, it no longer matters who is in power in India. It will ...
Debate
NRC: What is the end game?
All the talk of illegal immigrants and the importance of having an NRC ...
Regulation/Law
The Golden Rule and politics.
There's a reason the Golden Rule is called that. Because it is the ...
Democracy
Politics and the military: A contrast in two videos.
The separation of military and political matters is the hallmark of a functioning ...
Privilege
Chutzpah or Chutiyaapaa?
The astounding confidence that one's privileged position in India gives someone can be ...
India
Where would you go to, my lovely?
If a World War III were really to break out, and blocks were ...
India
Why have we suspended our intellect in this cult of the idiot?
Why are normally sane, educated, and smart people falling for fake news? It ...
Woo
How kooky is kooky, really?
How is a decision-maker of a private entity believing that she needs to ...
Democracy
A vote of confidence.
Democracy in India lives on because of the supreme, and sometimes irrational, confidence ...
Fallacy
The ‘Make (Pakistan) in India’ gang.
Neither a hijabi woman is automatically my hero nor a uniformed soldier. My ...
Religion
Freedom of conscience in a democracy.
When you already have Articles 25-28, why do you need anti-conversion laws? There ...
Photograph
Royalty and the Republic.
Today, Kymaia wore a ghagra-choli her Aji got tailored for her. And she ...
Commentary
The ‘cultural’ parade.
The Bollywoodisation of Indian culture is cringeworthy. Even if it may be good ...
Politics
A multiple-choice question. For zero marks.
The PM of India, an SPG protectee, claimed that his life was in ...
Democracy
Blasphemy in times of free speech.
If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of ...
Culture
China’s century? Not so fast.
China is regressing. Their anointment of Xi as Mao’s (and Deng’s) equal in ...
![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)
