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!
Rekha’s birthday is on 5 July. I am saying this confidently today because I have been in training for 20+ years, and like most men who have survived long marriages, I have learnt that there are some dates you can forget and some dates you can’t. Even today, there are moments when I pause for … Read more
If you have been following my journey from the beginning, you will know that I took my wife Rekha to Velu Military Hotel in Nungambakkam on our first date. You should know that it was not the kind of place where a man in his sane mind would take a girl he was trying to … Read more
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