Posts filed under “My Family & In-Laws”
A tribute to my father in law
My father in law was undergoing treatment at Artemis Hospital in Gurgaon for cancer in his Oesophagus. He gave it his best shot….but didn’t quite make it. He passed away at Artemis Hospital, at 5.32 pm on 20 September. How else does a writer pay tribute….but by writing. So sharing here a few posts that were centered around my father in law.
When my father walked…
My parents hated going out to eat. In fact even when we were traveling and stranded outdoors at odd times, we would still stretch ourselves, reach home, cook food and then eat.
While I hated my parents for this….there was a lesson in it for me. Which, unfortunately I learnt 16 years late.
Addictions in our family
As you are already aware the Rajans are a very pious family. We have no addictions. Well, almost. Well, let me not bluff you. Remember, a saying “A cigarette is a pipe with a flame on one end and a fool at the other”….the credit for this goes to my grandfather. He was the fool [...]
Doing for my daughter what my father did for me
Today we bought half of the total Amar Chitra Katha books ever printed for my three and a half year old daughter. To tell you the truth, I wanted to buy it and when my wife found the Rs 5000 mark a little high….I had to start firing from my daughter’s shoulders. Not a bad [...]
Lesson on how to play sister vs sister
Rekha’s elder sister Rema is visiting us with her seven year old son. If I weren’t a good human being, I would have created a big scene. Rema is the one who is married to the better of the two son-in-laws. Sudhir Nambiar is tall, fair, handsome….with a nice thick mustache that makes up for [...]