India, Oct. 5 -- These days I am plagued by OTPs which are actually one time passwords but they should be known as OTTPs or over the top passwords!

They keep popping up out of the blue, you see. My phone announces to me each OTP at least three times and at times I require as many as three OTPs to log in to anything. It is as if I have to keep proving my veracity and my credentials to the universe! But then I remind myself that it is only an airline points system or a bank which is actually asking me to prove that I am, well, me.

My associate will call me up for OTPs too. He helps me in various accounting matters and he always wants some OTP or the other. There is no point reasoning with him that I am a dreamy writer and motivational spe...