My dear Dhwani, I am not able to come for your marriage so making a blog of your legacy. You are the first female doctor in your family. I am sharing about the first male doctor in Asani family, your maternal grandmother’s father. Daddy, my father-in-law, your great grandfather, was…

I cannot remember my introduction to him but that hardly matters. I remember my first interaction with Jain Sir was on the issue of naming of the centre. It was more like an understated clash which got me to respect him. There was some consideration about renaming the Centre for…

In continuity of what Nita (my childhood friend from Jabalpur) is saying I think we all need to be clear about Hinduism and all religions, to become alert citizens. https://youtu.be/UyK-nLSzkKI Impressive, I am tempted to accept the ideology that is being expressed in the YouTube. I am not aware why…

A little about my disassociation with my body is that I had little understanding about hunger (this resulted in most of my diseases) and pain (both physical and mental). I would eat what my mother gave and never ask for second helping. …

My Financial Journey My financial journey started when I was ten when we, my sisters and me, shifted to unit family existence in 1966. Baba earned Rs 250/- then monthly. I do not know how I became aware of this. By then I had absorbed a lot of economics —…

Recently as a result of Monimashi being hospitalized, cousins from different parts of the world started getting together via zoom meetings. I joined on Sunday 13 February 2022. Inspite of the issue the meeting filled me with a sense of warmth which is one of those feelings which is difficult…

My dear Taruna, Deeply regret inability to come for your wedding. I am not upto the mark physically to take the travel in the cold. Also I have issues with marriages which I will share in course of time. Anyway I would like you to know I did not attend…

Again starting with an advertisement hoarding going round WhatsApp group — this time I do not think there is any controversy about it as religion is not involved. I marvel why religious sentiments get hurt; irrespectively I wonder why people get hurt collectively about any issue. I too am part…

A recent advertisement travelling in WhatsApp groups about Kanyaadan created some controversy in social media. Those who do not know Kanyaadaan, it is the ritual (some consider it as one of the basic tenet of Hindu marriage) of handing over of the daughter during Hindu marriage ceremony. Someone is commenting…