A sick child – have lost count of the number of times my baby boy is sick and how it drives me ballistic. Partly because he is sick and puking and limp and not eating but because it throws us into chaos. Into an immediate and absolute disruption, with missed school and missed activities and… Read More Failing
Oh my God! What a wretched time to be celebrating this milestone. Not only are we at our stressed and stretched best, we are also locked down! Not even the bullshit escape somewhere nice to pretend that things are nicer than they are. 10 years – I have to say it. I should be happier.… Read More The 10th wedding anniversary [day 77]
Is there good news or bad? I have been too busy now to keep track or assess. Are the cases lesser? Is the lockdown working? All I see and hear are stories of cruelty and apathy, India’s well never does run dry on these fronts. At home, it seemed like a lot kept going wrong… Read More Lockdown Day 6
It’s day 5. Everyone is a little hyper. I want my work pressure to ease off. We are in the middle of one of those deals, which are done as part of the balance sheet jugglery before the end of the financial year. Where, somehow, anyhow, we get to closure, creating a toxic mess, which… Read More Lockdown – day 5
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