An unsecular education

For about 18 years of my working life I lived in an upscale Mumbai neighbourhood and my children grew up during this period. It was very convenient for us when they both secured admission in a so-called premium private school that was barely 300 metres from our house. They studied in that school from nursery to Class 10. While my wife took complete charge of all affairs related to my children, my role was more clerical —filling in all kinds of forms that were required to be submitted to the school from time to time.