A little background first. My mother-in-law has been teaching for the past seventy-five years, give or take a few (and anyway, who’s counting at this stage of the game?). She says it’s her hobby, just a little pastime to keep her [...]

It’s St Valentine’s Day – the patron saint of love. Come to Latika Vihar today and stand and watch. There’s this child who will arrive alone (eager, dropped off by a fond, anxious Mom who leaves him here in the hope that [...]

“And after the commanded journey, what? Nothing magnificent, nothing unknown. A gazing out from far away, alone. And it is not particular at all, Just old truth dawning: there is no next time around. Unroofed scope. Knowledge refreshing [...]

You wouldn’t know it to look at me now, but I once lived a life of crime. In those days, I was arrested and sent to jail so many times I lost track. From local lock-ups to county work-farms to state penitentiaries – I saw the inside [...]

When the children were small, the top treat was to be allowed to tag along with me on my errands. I liked to take them one at a time – partly to avoid the inevitable squabbles more than one child in a car is a guarantee of and partly [...]

It had been a long time since my last haircut. Busy with travel and Christmas and the two chicks returning to the nest – there had not been a moment to spare. I don’t trust the Dehradun stylists and hadn’t had enough time on [...]