Birthday blog toh banta hai!

बर्थडे ब्लॉग तो बनता है! It’s my birthday! ( Actually it was yesterday. This blog was supposed to be up last night) The last one in the 50s. Next year I will be old! I will be 60. But there is still a long time for that to happen. One whole year; 365 days. And…

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For a reason, for a season

Have you ever wondered why some people (both the two legged and the four legged) come into your life, and just when you get really attached to them, they leave? My daughter says they come to teach you something or give you something you need at that point in your life. And sometimes you are…

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Looking back, looking ahead.

The end of the year is both a time for reflection and for making new plans. Last year, my word of the year was order and that was what I really needed in 2022. Last year, I lost Muffin, who was a part of my soul. It shattered me, and I am sure that if…

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On The Deathbed by Karthik K.B. Rao

The Blurb: On May 13th, 2021, during the peak of the second COVID-19 wave in India, the world as I knew it had suddenly turned upside down. For the next 38 days, I got to experience the treatment given by both government and private hospitals, with 20 of these days spent in a war-room-like COVID…

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