News
India: The Modi Question.
The recent documentary about Modi released by the BBC is simply telling us ...
History
The future. And Emperor Kedar.
Romila Thapar, the brilliant and respected historian of Indian ancient history, have a ...
Hypocrisy
Liberals. Sigh!
Indian liberals are a strange tribe, who fight not to include others, especially ...
Rant
Lunatics and the asylum.
You are no longer looking at lunatics from outside the asylum. You are ...
Art
No accounting for taste!
I watch the controversial song that is making the Right Wing trolls froth ...
Rant
The circular firing squad. Again.
The stark contrast in the response by the Right-wing and the liberals to ...
Bias
Vegetarians and cannibals.
Modi & Shah have polluted and spoilt the name of their home state, ...
India
Bharat Jodo Yatra: My journey.
A journal chronicling my journey to and participation in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, ...
Insight
Modi hai, toe mumkin hai.
The problem with the fake classroom photo op with Modi isn't that it ...
Dissent/Protest
Rahul is the man in the arena.
I quote excerpts from Roosevelt's 'Citizenship in a Republic' speech to illustrate my ...
Democracy
A selfish pledge.
I declare my intent and pledge to vote for Rahul Gandhi-led INC-backed candidates ...
Dissent/Protest
Free Umar Khalid. Now.
Umar Khalid is in jail for making a speech so Gandhian that Gandhi, ...
Dissent/Protest
Stand up. Walk. And be counted.
I declare my intent to join Rahul Gandhi on his padayatra to heal ...
Cringe
Laxman and Sonia.
Indians seem to 'celebrate' every win for an Indian-origin leader as somehow vindication ...
Rant
Bar-bar dekho?
Why are liberals so hypocritical when it comes to applying standards to their ...
Hate
LinkedIn and Bilkis Bano.
Bilkis Bano's rapists are not just freed from jail, and they are not ...
![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)
