We Dare not Pray for things we Want

Didn’t they see the sign post that read ‘All is well in this town.’ We toil with the truth for years or months until a day like this brings everything to the fore front and you can’t ignore the obvious. We want more but we are scared of the unfamiliar and what it might bring

How we secretly hate the weak?

The moment a parent is sick, every person will have this question on their lips; does the patient have any children? Some people are specific, do they have a daughter? It reminds of one of the dictums of Manusmriti;
‘A woman should always remain obedient to her father in her childhood, to her husband when married and to her son in her old age. She does not deserve freedom.’