Author: Pratik Jain

I last wrote in September 2020 when I lost my father.

Less than two year from that day, my mother passed away last year in May 2022.  I was in Goa when she got hospitalized – by the time I came back in the evening, she was already on ventilator. We couldn’t speak to her for her last 5 days when she was in hospital.  Her last words to me (on phone) was ‘I am fine’ when she was going to hospital.  No good byes…no last piece of advice…nothing on what should I do…nothing.
continue reading To live a fulfilling life…talk about ‘death’ more often

My father passed away peacefully in the evening of 12^th September 2020.  He was a Parkinson’s patient for last 12 years and his mental faculties were dwindling for last few years.  We knew that it could happen anytime but wanted to hold onto him…

continue reading We will miss you… always…

I have always been fascinated by Spain, maybe a tad more after seeing the three Amigos having their exciting holiday there in ‘Zindagi na milegi dobara’.  So when work gave me an opportunity to go to Madrid, I took it with glee

continue reading Madrid musings…

On my way back from a vacation in Gangtok last year, my son kept asking the same question ‘will the plane crash’ ? I tried to allay his fears to best of my abilities – that thousands of plane fly each day, its the safest mode of transportation, planes are strong, pilots are very good – but he was not convinced. ‘I saw a plane crash on TV’ continue reading No breaking news please..

Few days ago in the gym, I met an extremely upset man, an Indian but having lived abroad for many years. The reason – he felt that one of the gym instructors did not say thank you to him – when he allowed him to use the hair dryer before him. The guy went on and on for close to 10 minutes, and many of us around him found it quite amusing. continue reading A little bit of ‘thank you’ in my life…