Stray thoughts of a man at age 78 plus – By N.S.Venkataraman Sometimes, I feel unhappy about my parents for giving birth to me and bringing me into this world , which has needlessly exposed me to the vagaries of the world. The world would have lost nothing by myself not being born. In any case, this has happened without my consent !!! Was I born solely for my parents to meet their needs ? Of course, the parents proudly introduced me to the world with sense of pride, satisfaction and achievement with everyone around congratulating my parents and applauding the efforts. At this time, I must have been lying in the cradle unaware of anything going around and not aware about the feast that everyone would enjoy in my name My parents enabled me to grow reasonably well , to the extent that they could do so , based ...