The pookie dad is not the opposite of the fathers we grew up with—he is their evolution. But evolution, like parenting, only works when it finds balance.
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"Why? What’s wrong with a park?" / "Huh? No, no, nothing is wrong. You know how parks are... they have a reputation."
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I stood in front of the gods, and was struck anew by embarrassment and regret. As usual, I couldn’t decipher any of their names.
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Hinduism is generally pluralistic rather than exclusive. Worshipping Jagannath usually does not mean rejecting all other deities.
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The only difference was that my father wasn’t paralysed and my mother didn’t make “khujli wali roti”. Although she did give some tuition to the neighbourhood kids.
