India, April 27 -- You call yourself a "single father". How did you grow into this identity?

I came to this realisation in the small nitty-gritty nuances of daily life. I live as a bachelor in my house, along with Winter. Every day, when I leave for work, I take Winter with me and drop him off at a particular place where he stays for the day. That is one of my start-up offices. I carry a tiffin box for Winter, and a package with a ball that he likes to play with.

At some point, I noticed that this whole routine was eerily similar to how my dad used to drop me to school before going to the office himself. I used to have my backpack and he used to check if I had everything. There was a moment of euphoria when he used to pick me up in the ...