June 2026
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Akka, Amma, Boomer
The first time someone called me Amma, I was buying coriander. This felt about right. Nobody becomes Amma doing anything dignified. You don’t walk out of a boardroom and get addressed as Mother. Unless the boardroom is full of twenty-year-olds, for whom Mother is now the highest compliment going. Said over coriander, it is not… Continue reading
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For Medical Advice
Three doctors, three cities, one losing argument with the internet. It is six thirty on a Wednesday evening and I am number four in the queue at Doctor V’s clinic. I have a work call at seven thirty. The clinic is a ten-minute walk from my house. I have done the maths, because this is… Continue reading
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