I was seated at my desk trying to complete some homework I was totally blotching. That's when my Dad dawdled out of his room, placing an open newspaper in front of me. My parents always suggest me articles to read early in the morning. My first-hand reaction was: Later, Dad! I shoved the newspaper aside. "There's your name in there," he pronounced. A few months before that moment, I was having one of our concrete discussions about politics and the lack of proper introspection when it comes to policies and governmental actions with my Dad. He o nly has this one itch. He talks talks and talks but never in front of people. He is a talker , not a doer. So he challenged me to voice out my thoughts, when I complained about his passiveness and slacktivism despite such a great brain and heart, I must add. Of course, thus was born my blog ‘Our Alter Ego’ In many ways, my Dad has been an instrumental figure in making me who I am. I have been a...