Shail's Nest

There is an old joke doing new rounds which I came across yesterday, for the umpteenth time. ‘Why is it called mother tongue?? Because the father seldom gets to speak it.’ You found that funny, right?? I did too. Especially when I remembered the n number of times that father, husband, sons, other male relatives [...]

An elephant does it. So does a goat, orangutan, polar bear, tiger, puma… Yeah they all do, give birth I mean just like countless other mammals on earth including humans. There is a difference though. While after giving birth, the rest of them go about their business of being a mother quietly, humans (the one [...]

Mothers Day is here. Paeans are being sung, odes getting composed, poems being written by most everyone to their mothers and to motherhood in general. Yes, Mothers deserve that and more, no denying the fact Yet I wonder how many have on this day paused to think of those children denied a mother’s love. Oh [...]