I was at a Conference in Ottawa this past weekend when a dear friend R called from Abu Dhabi to tell me that our good friend J was no more. It was only later, alone in a hotel room that I could reflect in solitude on this loss. We had gone back to Bahrain in …
Security blanket
Airlines have featured a lot in the news recently, and not necessarily for the right reasons. I was reminded of a minister of parliament in India, who had called the economy section of all airlines “cattle class” in a famous tweet several months ago. He took a lot of flak from trolls, who objected to …
The Robins are back!
"The Robins are back!" my wife exclaimed, rushing in to the room yesterday to make this announcement. This could only mean that Spring is here. Those readers who have patiently kept up with my ramblings will recall my blog from last July about the family of robins that had started their family on the ledge …
Value of a teardrop
On an early spring day much like yesterday, my mentor (late) Professor Singh and I sat on the front patio of his house one afternoon in 2009, enjoying a cup of tea. It was a bright, sunny day with not a single cloud on the clear, pale blue sky. While bright sunlight washed over us, …
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