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!
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
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
Today let me tell you how Rekha helps me drive the car safely. The moment the whole family gets into the car – or, to be more accurate, while the whole family is still in the process of getting into the car – Rekha will say, “Rajan…lock it.” I will look at her and say, … Read more
I recently wrote about how my daughter and I went around trying to buy a gift for my wife’s 50th birthday but didn’t succeed. This is continuation of the same story. In Part 1, I had written about how, after giving the world free advice on how to buy gifts for the woman you love, … Read more
As most of you know by now, 5 July was my wife Rekha’s birthday. And not just any birthday….it was her 50th birthday. Fifty is the age where people start saying things like “health is wealth,” “job satisfaction is more important than money,” and “I think I will hit the bed early today.” So naturally, … Read more
In the first part of this mother-in-law series, I had written about how, after one quiet peg of Old Monk, Satan danced in my mind and I decided to play a prank on my mother-in-law by telling her that I was no longer in love my wife, and that I was planning to convert to … Read more
My mother-in-law is nice to those who are nice. This may sound like a simple sentence. But if you are married you probably already know that simple sentences are usually the most dangerous ones because they look harmless from outside, but inside them there is both wisdom and warning. I don’t know when I realized … Read more