Biking
Ride to Myanmar Gate, Igatpuri.
Some moments from a beautiful Sunday motorcycle ride with my club.
Commentary
Speeding? Or killer roads?
What will it take for this regime to realise that the larger problem ...
Adventure
Mumbai trip via the Vistadome.
Mamma bear planned and executed a trip for the entire Bear family to ...
Bureaucracy
Babu, samjho ishare.
Indian bureaucracy is so stuck in the British Raj-era red tapism that even ...
India
Bharat Jodo Yatra: My journey.
A journal chronicling my journey to and participation in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, ...
Travel
Bharat Jodo Yatra 2022: The prep.
I chronicle my journey to Nanded and back to participate in the in ...
Parenting
Preparing Baby bear for camp.
We prepare Kymaia for her horse-riding camp, which will be a week away ...
Adventure
Ready to ride. Again!
The long weekend Coastal Run with Bikers' Creed India is on. Now, if ...
Storytelling
Kymaia <> Anita (Travel)
Kymaia learns about travel and travel writing as part of a special series ...
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
Stand up. Walk. And be counted.
I declare my intent to join Rahul Gandhi on his padayatra to heal ...
Adventure
A guided tour on a winter’s morning.
Kymaia and her parents go on a (guided) walkabout around old Pune to ...
Adventure
Monsoon+Off-roading+Misal = Fun
A monsoon ride turned even more fun with unexpected off-road and a partner ...
![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)
