Tag: family

  • On you MARK…get set go

    On you MARK…get set go

    Our education system is a majestic circus where we force future global diplomats to learn fluid mechanics just to count cash as an overqualified, depressed banker.

  • Mama Told Me Not To

    Mama Told Me Not To

    Indian families mastered raising successful children, but sometimes forgot one detail: adulthood requires freedom, not lifelong emotional permission slips disguised as love and duty.

  • The Rajmata Syndrome

    The Rajmata Syndrome

    Motherhood isn’t sacrifice alone; it’s projection, clutter, guilt, and power — from Jijabai to my overflowing fridge stuffed with symbolic edible devotion.

  • Panguni, Powder and Proper Bath

    Panguni, Powder and Proper Bath

    At Aunt Selvi’s breakfast table, Holi becomes less about color and more about climate, discipline, and how every culture edits mythology to suit itself.

  • Balance Sheet at the Boarding House.

    Balance Sheet at the Boarding House.

    Banno itemizes tea, laundry, and emotional damage; Dando audits salt. In a house called boarding, arithmetic sharpens into rebellion—and invisibility finally gets receipts.

  • Felis Novida ~Takanakuy Unboxed.

    Felis Novida ~Takanakuy Unboxed.

    Felis novida is, according to no reputable Latin scholar, loosely translated as “new happiness,” “renewed joy,” or “the cat has learned nothing but feels better about it.”