A society with bigoted parenting expectations — “Thank you so much for being so considerate during this period,” my wife said to me as I brought her a cup of tea after a hectic day. I’d just finished helping her with our daily routine of her evening exercise and a bit of a back rub after another…

My wife and I found out the hard way — After three years of the strictest quarantine rules in the world, we as HK residents finally booked an overseas vacation to Japan. My wife, our nearly four-year-old son, and I were excited about Okinawa. We’re expecting our second baby soon, so my wife’s got a few weeks before she hits…

Because as a father of a 4-year-old, I can’t just watch — I am often bored and uninterested in anything about the Royal Family until I read this one recent article. The heading was clearly sensational and important. Only that, it wasn’t true. It was a plain white lie. A fellow writer, one I deeply respect(ed), Rivka Wolf, wrote this one. Princess…

Each one of us is responsible for supporting and promoting abuse — My parents back in India employ a lady for cleaning the house who comes in every day and cleans the house and does the dishes — her name is Shanti. She isn’t a full-time helper but spends an hour every day at my parents’ house doing these chores. She was…

The race-related secret behind allergies no one told you — Since I moved to Hong Kong from India five years ago and interacted with a lot more diverse set of people, I suddenly realized what seems to be a plain and simple fact for many others. Especially, when I became a parent in December of 2018, I figured food allergies…

No, loving your pet dog or cat doesn’t make you an animal lover — The other day I was dining out with a bunch of friends. They started talking about this documentary on Netflix that they’d all been watching and how it moved them and the “animal lover” in them was touched seeing some of the animal cruelty that happens. One of them then…

Russian propaganda hits a new low in latest advert — Imagine being an individual or a family with dreams to move to the land of dreams that America is supposed to be. And finally, you have that opportunity, your visa application is accepted, and you are ready to move to the land of the free — the two of you…

Serial killers are seldom born, and most often raised — Most of my initial success in writing came from true crime. As intriguing as it all may have been, it took an invisible toll on my mind and made me feel just that little more hollow inside after each story. There is something about dark stories that fascinates the human…

America and the world have an unhealthy caffeine addiction — There was a phase in my life when I had to accompany any social meal with an explanation of two of my dietary or consumption preferences. I don’t drink alcohol — at all. And, I’ve always been a vegetarian, throughout my life. “Is it a religious choice?” “Have you ever…