The year 2015 will end on a momentous note for my family–my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Not that the occasion matters to my father. Places, events, dates, anniversaries, birthdays, festivals, names, and sometimes, people too,
When I call to wish my father on his birthday, I usually say: “Happy birthday, Acha” (acha or achan means ‘father’ in Malayalam). And always, my father replies: “Thank you, same to you”. My father