With Discrimination Towards None

One day, Dolly came running to our home and put her arms around Mom’s legs and started crying. When she was pacified by Mom and made to sit on her favourite stool in our home, she said, “They are calling me bad and dirty. They also say that I am ...

My Dad had some work in Chennai, once. Before leaving he wanted to give Dolly a chocolate. Mom went to fetch her. At that time, she had just finished her bath and was wearing a towel around her little body like any older person would. When she saw my Mom, ...

I loved the way Dolly called her brother as, “Bheiya” (sic). I told her one day to call me, “Bheiya” and she complied. But immediately she asked, “Now shall I call you Dolly?” Her world was restricted within the circle of her brother and her only! She would go to ...

When I am at it, I decided to continue talking about Dolly. There were 3 coconut trees in the premises of our building. Once, the society decided to remove the well-formed coconuts from the trees, which they did every few years. Dolly was standing in between the coconuts calling my ...

Today suddenly, we (Mom and me) were reminded of a little girl called Dolly. We have several photographs of hers. Some of them have been framed and displayed on the wall of our hall. This girl was less than a year old, when she became friendly with my Mom. Dolly ...

Street dogs are not all that bad. This I learnt yesterday. This is how I learnt my lesson: We were going to the hospital for my Mom’s check up. I had to withdraw some money from the nearby ATM. A couple of dogs sat there blocking the door. I was ...

It has been sometime since I have told you regarding the situation in our building. Today, I will be talking about a ‘Toh’ game that is being played here. Every now and then Our Lady of Intolerance, her family and others in our building, who are not known to us, ...

Mom is the best cook in the world! Yes, my Mom is. But I do go to the kitchen to cook and get coffee. In the mornings, while making coffee I often look outside the kitchen window. During these times I have seen a cloth hung on the underside of ...

Nafrat ki lathi todo, lalach ka khanjar phainko zid ke peeche mat daudo…Poorab, Paschim, Uttar, Dakshin walon mera matlab hai. Mere desh premiyon aapas mein prem karo desh premiyon… – sang Mohd. Rafi Sahib in Desh Premi in 1982. After all these years, the message is still relevant in the ...

Like Bollywood artistes have several memories associated with their movies, I have some associated with the people I have met. One of them is Kavita Krishnamurthy. Kavita like most of us know is the singer who sang, Bijli girane main hoon aayi… and Tu cheez badi hai mast mast… I ...