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 …
