A concept we continue to follow in schools and at homes is categorization basis of gender, with the third gender completely missing from all conversations. With so many gender identities now getting recognized, why do we still say things like “Form 2 lines, one for boys and one for girls”?

You are everything to me – my first friend, my first teacher, my first love, my safe haven in this confusing world which is wonderful and yet scary at times.  But Ma, sometimes even you seem scary.

The emptying of the homely nest had created a vacuum, but not an emptiness in their lives. Kadambari missed the incessant chatter of her daughter, Nayana, in the evening walks by the Singapore river, and the specific food requisitions of her athlete son, Dhruv, demanding this and that.

I was always taught not to talk to my father about "womanly" issues. But I don't see what gender has anything to do with being a capable parent.

We had an appointment at 4 PM. Usually, I visit him in case of Ira’s epileptic emergencies in a panic state! We settled in the clinic. We were the second one to have arrived, someone was sitting at the opposite end.