Assisting the Ailing
'Help' is what I need, all the time. Without help there is nothing much that I can do. Be it at home, on a visit to a dentist, a long awaited meeting with friends or a shopping trip to the mall — all these have one thing in common — someone helps. A senior ex-colleague, who I hold in much regard, had suggested I write about how people have been helpful, when I sent him my blog for reading and feedback. Up until that time, I had not thought about this aspect and how vital it was to me. Obviously, my immediate family is my biggest help. And of course, my closest friends, some based in cities other than mine, are just a call away. Trips, be they short one‐dayers or month long ones, all have to be planned keeping my comfort and convenience in mind, sometimes troubling whoever else is with me in the bargain. But all that cannot be simply termed 'help' — it shows the love and concern that they have for me. I consider myself truly blessed and fortunate. Wherever I go, people...