One

Being a father to a baby daughter is a daunting task. And full of contradictions. On one hand, I get angry - no, make that livid - at insura...

International Woman of Mystery

The second child has lots of déjà vu around it. The same doctor, same nursing home and even the same labour delivery room only heighten th...

Proud Father

I went to my son's school this week to get an end-term report of my son's progress. Nowadays, schools insist parents land up once ev...

The Book of Jobs

As some of you following me on Twitter and/or Facebook know, I have just become the proud owner of an iPad - my first Apple product, after m...

Father of the Groom

Fathers and girls have such affectionate chronicles of their relationships. Think Father of the Bride . Even, the Sony Handycam ad! Fathers...

Son and I

As modern-day parents, we are constantly struggling to keep unrealistic ambitions for our son in check and trying to give him the best that ...

Around the World in 80 Clicks

Since I never pass on tags , the name of this post is kind of rendered useless. How can I ask a Mom in Mogadishu or a Dad in Dar-es-Salaam t...

Conversations with my son

My wife wants to give up our son for adoption.  In the last 48 hours, he has beaten up Chitrangada Singh's son, poured water on his slee...

From the mouth of babes...

We took our son, Joy, to the zoo yesterday. My parents, who are here right now, were also forced to tag along. But they would go anywhere to...

Baby Products I Endorse: Diligent Candy's Tag

This is a belated post on a tag given by Diligent Candy on the baby products I endorse. Gah! Since She-Who-Cannot-Be-Named-On-This-Blog is...

Yes, DEAR!

My wife's school has a lovely programme called DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) - in which one period of the day, all the children have t...

21 Things: Diligent Candy's Tag

So, from my first year of daddy-dom, here are - according to Ms Candy 's express wishes - 21 things I learnt while bringing up Junior. S...

One

The good doctor pulled out a slippery, gooey mess – not unlike a chicken marinated in tikka masala – and exclaimed – “Oh good, Dipta. A quie...

1, 2, 3... Infinity

I was just going through some old newspapers, in one of which there was an article about the fear children have for mathematics. In a survey...

Thrilled? Excited? - Mad Momma's Tag

Oh-kay, so I am nominated for the Mad Momma Award for the Best Blogger Dads in the World. And I am expected to give an acceptance speech fo...

Father, Son and the Holy Post

This is deference to Mad Momma's request that I have not done a parenting post for a long time. Actually, I was rather disconcerted by t...

In the Name of the Father... Part VI

Lage Raho... Turnaround time: 66 days. The Son, The Wife and I managed to tick off the first film on our to-watch list today as we hit PVR S...

In the Name of the Father... Part Dunno

What is the male counterpart of Mad Momma? Paagal Papa, I suppose... and that's what I have been for the last 16 days, 1 hour and 3 minu...

So, how does it feel to be parents?

Like always, most of my life's lessons are found in Calvin & Hobbes... browsily sleepily (yes, up almost all of last night) through ...

In the Name of the Father... Part IV

When does the tension end? I take my ignorance of finance to extreme heights. As a salaried individual (with a wee bit of confusion... two j...