Gerald D'Cunha

I had taught Aparna some twenty-five years ago. Presently, she lives in Gurgaon with her husband and little son – who she has playfully made famous by the nickname ‘L’le Tiger’. Aparna carries in her body that funny bone which delights all of us, particularly her FB friends… She had been delighting us with L’le Tiger’s stories even when he (when she had no clue whether it would be ‘he’ or ‘she’!) still inside her belly. Aparna’s stories about her L’le Tiger don’t seem to end… Last evening, Aparna shared a lovely picture of L’le Tiger and his L’le lady friend at Agra’s Taj Mahal. I loved the picture, instantly... and my mind had started working around it… “What are these little kids watching?” I wondered, “What is crossing through their mind?” Many years ago, when I had been on a visit to Agra with my wife and little son, what took my breath away was not the romantic glory of the Taj under the moonlight… not the passion with which Emperor Shah Jahan had built i...

Pic.: Anima D'Cunha I was to start the PD sessions for the pre-teens at 11 toady morning. Parents started dropping their little-ones right from 10.45… Some of them wanted to talk to me about their kids… Some of them wanted to enroll and wanted more information… Kids, as kids are, were restless… and, I was finding it difficult to focus on parents… Still, using all my experience, tact and patience, I was doing a great job in dealing with my last-minute stress… And, just then, entered an elderly man… His speech wasn’t that clear… He seemed to have difficulty in seeing and hearing both… “Are you  Gerald?” the gentleman asked. “Yes sir, I am,” I gently replied. “My son and daughter-in-law live in so and so place and I live in so and so place,” he said, “They want to send their son, my grandson, to your Personality Development classes.” “Sir, I will be starting today at 11. Can the little-one start from today?” I asked. “Today it is not possible… Can...