As I watched on TV the devastation caused by the floods in Houston, I felt compelled to write this post. I have a personal connection to Houston. My daughter moved there a couple of years ago. It is inconceivable to…
Recently I caught up with a few mates of mine and the conversation was around siblings. Interestingly, the group had a mix of sibling hierarchy. Some were firstborns, a few in the middle and others the youngest. True to the…
I waited a couple of weeks to gather my thoughts before I wrote this post. When Charlie Gard passed away, I felt numb relief. Living with uncertainty, constantly balancing on the precipice of life and death, is exhausting. Charlie’s parents…
The first evening it happened I dismissed it as a one-off. My neighbours with whom I shared an adjacent wall in our townhome complex obviously had some company over and were enjoying what sounded like a Wii-type interactive physical…
At first, I thought that there had been an accident. As I inched my way up the line to the police officer with the flashlight, I realized that I was caught in a RIDE spot check – an Ontario sobriety…
Charlie Gard passed away on July 28, 2017. Click here to read Charlie Gard, an epilogue. My original post is shown below. By the time you read this post, Charlie Gard may have been taken off life-support. Pope Francis and…
From the perspective of a Torontonian… I am not sure when it happened. I first realized it while I was sitting in a restaurant in Kerala, India. “I am ready to go home,” I told my wife as we were…
My mobile phone buzzes, cajoling me to pick it up. I look up at the clock on the cable set-top box, the time is 11:32 PM. I ignore the phone and go back to the TV. It’s Friday night, I…
My foray into minimalism I want to make sure that I don’t come through as a fake as I write this post. Minimalism, as a lifestyle, is not something that I have ever consciously aspired to. If anything, I would be…
I sit sipping coffee at my cousin’s 54th-floor condo that overlooks the Chicago Navy Pier. For a second, I consider making myself a Mimosa from the well-stocked bar but quickly reject the idea. It’s not noon yet. Need to stay disciplined,…