Technically April is the exam month but actually it’s March that’s the toughest one because anticipation is always worse/better than the real thing. Right? All of March we’re making timetables, failing to stick with them (because daily school assignments are still coming in), constantly remaking, readjusting and generally struggling to get through the portion. However …
N sits on the sofa in front of the television, her plate of food balanced on her knee, the remote in her hand. ‘May I watch TV?’ she asks. Exams are two weeks away and the children have a Chemistry test the next day – that’s all I can think of as I take in …
Last November I went home on a short trip for my college reunion. It was the first time I was there without the children and it felt strange, too quiet. One morning I took my cup of tea to the swing on our terrace. It was a cool morning and the sun felt good on …
February is one of those months that are nice in a very understated way. The new year has settled in, there are no great celebrations or festivals, no birthdays or anniversaries also for us, yet it’s short and sweet and just nice. For me this has been a happy month full of books and reading, …
As a parent I often worry that I’m raising a generation of entitled children who assume the best things are all theirs by right. That’s rather strange for a country like India, considering almost every day we see children who don’t get even a single square meal. And yet we don’t really ‘see’ them, …
Sofia sat crouched at the edge of the cliff, muscles tense, senses alert. A wave of vertigo threatened to drown her and she averted her gaze from the valley below. She forced herself to breathe deeply willing herself to relax, muscle by one tiny muscle. You can do this, she said, slowly, gingerly, stretching out […]