Society
Syncretism? Bah!
The way Hindu liberals share Muslims partaking in and co-celebrating Hindu festivals as ...
Warning
The RW trap for liberals.
By choosing its subjects shrewdly, the RW is setting a trap for liberals. ...
Morality
Where I stand. And where I do not.
It is important to take stock of where one stands and what one ...
Parenting
Why Baba bear is proud of things we don’t know.
Kymaia seems to know nothing of religion, and while she may have to ...
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 ...
Regulation/Law
Religious symbols and fairplay.
My stand on the hijab controversy, in light of the Indian brand of ...
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 ...
Ideology
Oppression is my enemy.
We must take Periyar's excellent (and practical) advice for calibrating our moral compass ...
Feminism
Intersectionality in Udupi.
There is intersectionality in the hijab-in-school issue with male Hindu students sloganeering and ...
Debate
Clothes maketh a (wo)man?
How much do clothes matter in human-to-human interaction? A lot, I'd say. Here's ...
Commentary
Denial and self-deception in Indian society.
Why are so many educated, well-heeled, well-spoken Indians in denial about how much ...
Commentary
A morning thought about religious texts.
Why do religious texts go into such depth & detail about how to ...
Ideology
Are we really that stupid?
The Indian right wing seems to be so bankrupt and devoid of heroes ...
Debate
How my best is better than your worst.
We compare the worst real-life examples in other people’s beliefs with the best ...
![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)
