Children are meant to do this to us. Their innocence, their vulnerability, their need for our care and our protection are meant to inspire us to great things. And there she is. Little Lakshi. Un-doing me with her enchantingness, her adorable [...]

My phone rang at the exact moment the first tweet about Prashant Bhushan being attacked came across my screen. On automatic pilot, I answered the phone (I realized later that the caller was a distant relative of Prashant’s) and listened [...]

Splash! Surprise! Life is whatever we make it. Here’s an old weighing scale which has lived in our bathroom for the past fifteen years. Before I started poking at it (I pulled the plastic cover off before I thought to take a photo!), it [...]

Look at this photo carefully. Which kid stands out? Leaps out, if you will? There is a Ravan being burnt right in front of this little line-up (the symbol of evil, for those not familiar with Indian mythology. He gets burnt every year at [...]