(My mother was doing her own calculation with regards to the sale of mangoes, pulp and jam) Mother: (with a low voice) Chinmay, after doing the calculation it seems I have not made the money I thought I had made. Me: that’s good. Mother: what??? Me: oh… sorry, I said ‘good’ for doing the calculation. It […]
Mother: Chinmay, what’s a Unicorn? (I thought she was referring to the Unicorn doll that my niece plays with, and I said) Me: it is a mythical animal similar to a horse with a horn on its forehead. Mother: (gave a puzzled look and said), I am referring to this newspaper article that says there […]
Mother: Chinmay, the bike of yours that is in the garage, you hardly use it. Why don’t you sell it? Me: (being a hardcore fan of the Royal Enfield Bullet I felt insulted and replied with a higher tone) MAAAA… it is not a bike! It is a Royal Enfield BULLET! Mother: whatever, it is […]
(Disclaimer: my intention is NOT to offend or degrade or belittle any profession or professional in this post. I am only expressing my views from a laymen’s perspective.) Mother: Chinmay, I met Sita (name changed) after a long time who runs her own business. I gave her a copy of your book and told her […]
(I am really fortunate and lucky to have many well-wishers, one of them is Carol Tan. She holds the Guinness world record for the largest collection of Cow-related items. Dr Carol Tan is a Program Manager of Master of Fashion Entrepreneurship at RMIT University where I teach the subject of business finance management. A few […]
(Last Wednesday I posted on FB and WhatsApp promoting the mango pulp & jam that my mother made at home. In no time all the jams were sold and only a few pulp bottles are left. Got raving feedback from people who bought the pulp & jam. I casually asked my mother…) Me: Ma, from […]
(4-5 mins read) Mother: Chinmay, I am thinking of taking a bank loan. Me: May I know for what? Mother: The new person who is taking care of our farm knows how to drive a tractor. So, I am thinking of buying a tractor. Me: Hmm… and how many times in a year will we […]
(Finally, I took a week off by taking my mother to Agumbe – it gets the highest rainfall in India and moreover, it is where my mother was born and brought up. My mother’s ancestral house is more than 300 years old. Her brothers and my cousins live there. They own areca nut plantations and […]
(Earlier during the week, like most of you I had a long hectic day with back2back online meetings working from home. I decided to call it a day and came out of the room. As I was passing by the living room I overheard my mother talking to someone with excitement) Mother: (on the phone […]
Context: As the lockdown restriction was eased last week, my mother and I went to our farm. We have two patches of farmland that are 5 mins drive from each other. On one farm (we call it old farm) we mainly grow mangoes and on the other (we call it a new farm) we have […]