It all kicked off when Jesus made his triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem in the manner of a royal coronation. The scene resembled the story of young Solomon, King David’s son, who was nearly outsmarted by one of his stepbrothers and who would have succeeded the old and ailing king. The disaster was narrowly avoided thanks to King…

“Work from home,” once reserved for a relatively small group, became widespread during the Covid pandemic, when the entire population was effectively confined to their homes. Despite the many downsides of lockdowns, they helped many office workers realise how much time they used to spend commuting to work, and that they could be just as effective from their kitchen table,…

Once upon a time in their marriage, Andrew did something really stupid. His wife Moira chewed him up for it. He apologised; they made up. However, from time to time, Moira would mention what he had done. ‘My dear,’ Andrew finally said one day, ‘why do you keep bringing that up? I thought your policy was ‘forgive and forget.’’ ‘It…

A good old friend of mine recently visited me with one of his sons as part of their father-and-son summer road trip. They stayed overnight at my place, a “quarter-star B&B”, as I call it due to its modest offerings. We had a good time catching up and sharing stories over delicious Indian food, which the early-primary-school-aged boy enjoyed as…

A stalk of freshly picked rhubarb, dipped in a small, designated bowl of white sugar for each bite, is my childhood memory of summer days spent at my granny’s allotment. Further down memory lane, a slice of bread dampened with water and sprinkled with white sugar was a toddler’s snack; in its fancier version, it was a slice of bread…