January 2021 – Shubhachintan

Losing a parent

Losing a parent is usually twice-a-life experience and, is in that sense, unique. Having lost both my genitors for more than a decade and a half now, and myself sailing through the middle age, I find myself suitably placed to write on the loss. What happens when you lose a parent? How do you react,Continue reading “Losing a parent”

Holy Mosquito!

There is a mosquito in my prayer room. For over a year now, I have re-adopted the daily, morning and evening prayer routine, as was followed by my late parents. I can recall how they and us, their brood, used to scrunch in a narrow launch-pad like horizontal space in front of figurines of aContinue reading “Holy Mosquito!”