We went to Daman because it was almost midway for us to approach from Mumbai and for Renu (my sister) to approach from Ahmedabad. The resort was called Mirasol Lake Resort. It is at a distance of almost 140 kms. from Mumbai and adding the 50 kms. to reach my father’s house in South Mumbai; … Read More →
The past week went by so very quickly. First the train journey from Bangalore to Mumbai, started on a bad note when due to a system failure at the Railway Station, the charts could not be prepared and the train started a good 2 hours late from Bangalore. Adding to the misery, though our tickets … Read More →
My fledgling career in Creative writing and Content development received a jolt when I recently worked with a web marketing company called kwebmarketing.com. I had a satisfactory interview with them in which I had quoted my rates to them. They seemed fine with it and sent me a financial website to work on which had … Read More →
I had heard about this virtual farming game on facebook called Farmville which I joined only very recently. I have heard about Chinese delegates playing it during official meetings, people in offices turning to it during their boring conferences and recently of a divorce over the game when the husband stayed up all night stealing … Read More →
Tiger Woods has single-handedly provided so much fodder to the media in the last weeks. It is strange how a country where divorce rates are over 50% and infidelity seems to be pretty prevalent, the only people expected to be squeaky clean are the celebrities – The Presidents and now the sport icons. Okay, I … Read More →
Sid, my elder son moved to his own room when he was just about 4 years old. Looking back, it took us merely a month or so to help him in the move. He did it silently and happily without any resentment and he now enjoys his own freedom. Then Gautam came and for the … Read More →
When we booked tickets for Saturday morning to watch Rocket Singh, we really did not have much clue about the story of the movie. The promos of the movie revealed little. This was a big plus point. We watched the movie with an open mind without the reviews clouding our judgement. I loved the movie … Read More →
Sweet, little Ana who had a horrible burn accident on 1st November, just a day before my birthday, came home. After a month and a week in the ICU fighting for her life through ups and downs, she came home last week. As she is still susceptible to infections, she was kept indoors. Just last … Read More →
I was away to Hyderabad for the weekend and what a total mess of a visit this was. There is an agitation about the formation of Telangana state which has been going on for a while which picked up momentum when the students joined or were used by the politicians to join. Thus began a … Read More →
What I meant was Hindi movie heroines. The other day watching Ms. Katrina Kaif for the promotion of a movie, I was struck by how little Hindi she knew. She still has a very discernible phirang accent and she is literally deadpan. She was doing great playing arm candy in movies with Akshay Kumar where … Read More →