An Afternoon with the Maid’s kids
To those who know me for a while, my struggle to find some affordable help with the home and Nisarga is no news. For the most part, the options are …
Nisarga
I almost killed us all this morning
So Nisarga has his difficult sleeping days as usual, and I am sleep deprived as a normal state of functioning. Before sleeping late at night (early morning), I realized that …
Donation request – Truth or scam?
A man just came to the door. Said he was registering “everybody’s” name for polio. I told him Nisarga’s name. He said he wanted mine. Mine? What for? He handed …
Mistaking Gloss for Standards
Republishing this post today to add this quote of horror: Usha Devi, a slum dweller, went into labour at night on the 12th Jan 2012 . She was taken by …
A social Trust Fall
I have been reading the frustrated rants of many people about how the crowd stood standing as Keenan and Reuben were stabbed and how no one came forward to help. …
Do Something about Rickshaw-walas
Two weeks ago, in Vile Parle East, there was a commotion on the street near where I was talking with two people I knew. It looked like two men were …
Corruption
Corruption is big news these days. We all see it as that shining pinnacle of everything that is wrong with India because of the government. Sure, the government has done …
24 Hours
So it has been 24 hours since I left my married home and returned to my parents. Been a sense of freedom in one way. This move was long overdue. …
The Airtel update
Airtel has a systematic method of extortion. Read the beginning of the problem – Airtel Billing harassment. Since then, I had been getting a steady stream of their goons asking …