Both my family & my in-laws are from small towns. Reason enough for them & their actions to be funny. Here I exaggerate their ignorance and bliss and come up with funny incidents for city-dwellers like you to laugh at!
There are certain things in life that reveal a person’s true character. How they behave with people such as waiters, security guards, etc, who have no power over them, how they drive in traffic, how they react when there is no WIFI, and how they manage their cupboards. Open a person’s cupboard and you will … Read more
Since my father was in the Army, my mother brought us up almost single-handedly (except for a few 3-year periods in between, when we lived with my dad). When your father is posted in some border area and comes home only on leave, the mother can only run her house like an Army unit. So, … Read more
There are certain household tasks that look simple from a distance, for example folding clothes, opening a steel lunch box, finding medicines from the second drawer, and changing bedsheets. A married man knows that changing a bedsheet is a full-body workout, an engineering problem, and a sign of how much you love your wife. The … Read more
In marriage, there are some sentences that immediately change the temperature of the room. Let me try to list some: “Who is she?” “Why is your phone on silent?” “Did you forget what day it is today?” But nothing comes close to the most terrifying sentence of all: “Rajan, we need to talk.” The moment … Read more
There are certain questions a married man must never answer immediately. Here are some I can think of even as I stare at a blank MS Word screen: “Where were you?” “Whose message is that?” “Do you remember what today is?” And the most dangerous of them all: “Do I look fat?” This is not … Read more
The first night after Rekha returned home, I realized something important. A wife doesn’t have to sleep next to you to disturb your sleep. Her presence in the house is enough. Those who follow my life closely already know that Rekha and I don’t sleep in the same bed anymore. Not because we are fighting, … Read more
If you haven’t read the story of how Rekha and I got married please read that first. It is our story of how my wife and I fell in love, almost separated, and then got back together to get married. What you are going to read below is wife’s version of the same love story. … Read more
Yesterday, Rekha asked me to buy four toothbrushes – one for every member of the family. If you think it is an easy task, you need to continue reading. I had two options – open the Zepto app, search for ‘toothbrush,’ buy it and then wait for the 10-minute delivery or visit the supermarket. If … Read more