Bangalore’s traffic has finally cured Mrs. Neo of acute “backseatdrivingitis”. Now Mrs. Neo no longer forces Neo to get directions from scary strangers. Not because she suddenly realized how bitterly humiliating the experience is for Neo, but because she realized that almost no one in Bangalore has any clue on how to give directions. Most [...]

You sit there in your cube, thinking – “How hard can it be for Hindu Moral Police to talk about Indian values and judge others all day” – Well you are wrong in several ways. It is much harder than your techie job:

Neo’s mother-in-law used to call Neo a financial fool for selling all his stocks in 2006. But after the recent crash, you would expect her to give Neo some credit for his prescience – a word or two of praise at the next interminably long gossip session get-together would be nice. But Neo’s mother-in-law employs [...]

Neo’s team at work hears him say at least thrice a day – its important to look for solutions, and follow the Radioshack school of thought – “You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers”. KFC advice on how to eat a balanced diet (yes they actually have an opinion on that). You the parent have to [...]

Neo thinks of himself as “penny foolish and pound wise”. Mrs. Neo’s opinions on Neo’s financial wisdom are mostly unprintable – not because Neo is afraid to print swear words, but because this is Neo’s blog! Neo is not obliged to print anything critical of Neo. Mrs. Neo can start her own blog if she [...]

Your move to India will quite possibly be one of the most difficult moves of your life. You will gain a deep, philosophical understanding of the phrase “WTF?!”. But the good news is – you have Neo as a reliable ally, and he will do whatever he can to help. So here is a list [...]

Neo thinks Dev Patel (of Slumdog Millionaire) has a cool mom. When Dev was concerned about taking his first TV series because of the nude scenes, his mom encouraged him: “It’s only a bum; you’ve seen lots of people’s bums before.” Neo now has another reason to be jealous of Dev Patel – when Neo [...]

Neo has been sternly told by Mrs. Neo that when someone asks “Schooling in India is very good – we turned out okay, right ?” – they don’t really expect to hear Neo’s detailed and brutally honest assessment. Neo has written a little about the schools admissions process in India, and he promises to write [...]