Coming from my then 8 year old son, my first instinctive reaction was to smile, but I stopped myself just in time and looked curious. After all, it was a moment of revelation for him and who was I to rain on his parade? He: “Did you know it is not enough to be good, Mummy?” Me: “Really? Why do…
I drop and pick my son up from school, because I like it and it is a very comfortable and convenient habit – for me. Most days, on the way back from school in the morning, I stop at our favorite shop which is a bakery-mini grocery store-fruit shop and condiments all rolled into one. After thirteen years of being…
“Mummy, what would you do if your name was not “Vidya”?”“I guess it would be something else” “Did Paati* have any other name in mind when she named you “Vidya”?” (Paati = Grandmother in Tamil) “Yep. I think she also had “Poornima” in mind” “Why “Poornima”?” “Because she thought I was as pretty as the full moon” (Grinning) (Poornima =…