It’s an unquestionably well accepted fact that, even if it’s just a couple of words and regardless of whether those words be wise or damaging, should those be instilled over a period of time in a child’s mind, they burrow their way in and stay embedded.  Triggers! ...

This time I’m rolling the clock back to 1999.  The period when we were still in Dubai. A couple of years ahead of ’99, one fine day while doing whatever it is that one does in that city, this having been nagging me for some time, I arrived at a conclusion that, long...

Xerox came into our lives in February 2016 after we lost Psycho in a bizarre accident. Being the person I am and as happens whenever I lose one of my four legged friends, when Psycho headed off to his happy hunting ground, I was totally distraught. Muskan, having...

For those of you who’ve been reading my yarns regularly, you’d have noticed that I’m all over the place.  What started off as ‘A Planters Tales’ has now reached a stage where I am having to dig deep into my memory to share what, in my personal view, despite having...