A partner for life

A much loved and venerated couple recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.  Friends and family gathered in Delhi to honor our beloved P uncle and G “massi” (literally “maa si” – “like mother”, a maternal aunt) and while very much wanting to be there, we missed the fun.  I was later informed that when queried …

Emoti”cons”?

A respected Canadian politician died in a plane crash recently.  “Genuine outpouring of emotion” screamed one headline of a leading national newspaper.  I was confused.  Can emotions be anything but genuine?  Perhaps because English is my second language (and I am guilty of not having taken ESL classes after landing in Canada) is there a …