Old friends are best, says John Selden. I start to think about this. Since I’ve moved fairly recently to another city, people often ask me if I’ve made friends here. I guess they feel a little sorry for me when I answer in the negative. The problem is not that…
What is it about festivals that makes us clean and do stuff around the house that we have been putting off forever? Is it just an Indian thing, I wonder? Spring in the West is certainly not just before Christmas, so spring-cleaning is not associated with the festival. In India,…
It doesn’t always go according to plan – thank God! I’ve learnt from recent experience that while it’s good to plan, sometimes we must be grateful when things turn out differently. I made a week-long trip (or so the plan was) to my parent’s place. I had scheduled everything I…