Akshay

"He knew all the arguments of despair and would not listen to them"

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

I miss Twitter. Are we going to Tweex now?

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

Today my daughter declared about our family, “We are chocolate people. . .and we eat chocolate.”

I will now humbly receive my parental lifetime achievement award.

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

@PatrickKMiller_

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My daughter has a little sister now. When she was little, I ate chocolate without her knowing. Soon we’ll both eat chocolate without her sister knowing. But little does she know, I’ll always have chocolate without anyone knowing. Always.

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

True parental love resists the pressure to delete pictures of your children because they’re “pretty much exactly the same.”

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Worth a couple of minutes of anyone’s time. The footballing genius that is Pele. 🙌🏻

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

My daughter plays a game with me that she loves and I half-love. I have to lie down on the bed and keep my eyes closed. Love it! Then I have to open my eyes and “pretend scream” because she’s carefully laid plastic insects all over my body. I scream, but I’m not pretending.

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

When you’re young you look in the mirror and wonder, “Do I have enough gel in my hair?” When you’re a parent, you look in the mirror and wonder, “Do I have any playdough in my hair?”

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

Sometimes when you’re a father you catch yourself saying things like this to your child: “That’s okay, baba. Keep bouncing. You don’t need to fly all the time.” #TheGreatGyanFactory

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

I miss Quick Gun Murugan

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With a surge of affection I asked my nearly 4 year old daughter if she wanted me to give her a big kiss. She thought about it and said, “Actually, I don’t need it.”

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@sashiwapang Spoken like someone who hasn’t had a sundae in a long time.

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

Four adults and three children gathered for lunch. Four desserts were ordered; three single scoops and one sundae. Who ordered the sundae?

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

Sometimes being a father means you have to trot like a pony.

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

We were wondering if my daughter’s eyesight was clear but one day she caught a glimpse of John Abraham in an ad on YouTube and said, “Dadda, you’re on the TV!” #20/20

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My daughter’s learned how to pinch and zoom in & out of photos. Today she zoomed in on a picture of mine, laughed heartily and said, “Big nose.”

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Since my daughter has learned to speak she’s quickly becoming an intoxicating voice of validation and affirmation. This morning, while searching for pieces and building a Lego house with her I was told,“Dada, you’re so good at finding.”

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

One of my great joys is to see how much my daughter has grown to love playing football. Even at 6am. Even. At. 6. am.

[Akshay @whereisakshay]

There was a mark of masculinity in college called the “French connection”—a line of hair bridging your beard to your moustache. It did not grow on me. I thought the disappointment was behind me. Yesterday my daughter looked at my face and said, “Dada, your beard is broken.”