8 September was our 22nd wedding anniversary. But the day before, 7 September, was my dad’s 21st death anniversary. It is a strange arrangement of dates – one day I am remembering the man who raised me till I got married, and the next day I am celebrating the woman who has been raising me … Read more
In the early 2000s, when I was a sports reporter with The New Indian Express and had yet to meet my wife, Rekha, I fell in love with another sports reporter. She was a spunky girl called Ananya Bandyopadhyay (name changed). Back then, finding a girl who loved sports was difficult enough, but Ananya was … Read more
If you have read me enough, you will know that before meeting me, Rekha’s dream was to marry a tall Malayali man with a thick moustache and a Royal Enfield. Basically, she wanted a man who could ride through the Western Ghats, stop near a tea shop in Wayanad, remove his helmet in slow motion, … Read more
Every WhatsApp group has two kinds of people – those who type and those who live by the emojis. And please don’t underestimate WhatsApp emojis for they represent ‘full sentences’ typed by people who either love you, judge you, hate you, or simply don’t care about you. A few decades from now, anthropologists who study … Read more
In my previous article, I had revealed how men from all over had secretly joined hands against me. Their problem was simple. For the last few months, I had been writing in support of men, but unfortunately for them, my articles were also being read by their wives. And as a result, the wives had … Read more
For the last few months, I have been writing a lot in support of men. I have written that men can’t find things because we were never trained properly. I have written that men don’t know how to apologise because nobody taught us. Basically, I have stood up for men, and all my articles suggest … Read more
You probably know the right meaning of WTF. For Rekha and me, it is “Where’s The Food?”…and that is the underlying problem of our house. We talk about health, fitness and about weight. We talk about sugar, cholesterol, protein, workout, badminton, core strength, ageing, discipline, and yet we eat like a college student who has … Read more
After spending 25-plus years with Rekha, I have understood that when you are in a relationship, some sentences are more dangerous than others. Especially the kind of sentences you tell your wife. Let me list a few below: “Calm down.” “You are overreacting.” “What did your mother say now?” “Do what you want.” “Is that … Read more