Thank you Blog Adda for featuring this post as a Tangy Tuesday Pick I read this well-known book “Eats, shoots, and leaves,” and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. For those of you who might not be aware of the joke on which the title of the book is based, here it goes — A … Read More →
This post has been published in DNA newspaper dated 30th April:Please, fall in line I can’t remember how many times, I have used this line in supermarkets, outside trial rooms, in stores and in countless other places. This is not an exaggeration, but in general we Indians seem to be “queue-blind,” or is it IQ … Read More →
It was my mom’s 11th death anniversary just a few days ago. She passed away in 2001, just 4 months after my wedding, quite suddenly, just 52. This is a repost of a post I did a couple of years back on her. It is not as if I do not feel the pain of … Read More →
This post of mine was published in DNA dated 16th April 12. See the link here:Women, rise to this Challenge When I was born, my maternal grandmother was disappointed because she wanted to have a grandson after my sister (I’ve been told). When I was growing up, there was this aunt who used to pointedly … Read More →
Summer holidays commenced almost by the 3rd week of March for the kids. Weather changed dramatically from being quite chilly to pretty hot these days. It is also humid, and along with frequent showers, cold fluids, lots of curd, ice creams, we yearn for some showers. My maid is on leave due to her daughter’s … Read More →
Do remember to switch your lights off at 8.30 p.m. tonight to show solidarity with the larger cause of environment. You can see the events planned in India tonight at this link: http://www.earthhour.in/ Earth Hour is an event organized by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) every year on the last Saturday of … Read More →
This post was published in DNA newspaper on 2nd April 2011. Here is the link:A young grandmother and her two granddaughters This 20-year-old girl became the mother of her 2nd daughter yesterday. Just studied till primary school, she was married off at 17 as is the norm in her family. Though her family lives in … Read More →
This blog post is featured in DNA newspaper! Here is the link Loud and clear More than the argumentative Indian, we are characterized by our quality to be loud Indians. We do not let go of any opportunity to be loud. Be it birth, death, festival, wedding, anything on this planet, it is meant to … Read More →
The biggest fear and deepest loss for any parent is the loss of their child. It is a pain that stays for life. Imagine losing the life of your child on something as trivial as a school picnic! Just in the past few months, we have had two such tragic incidents in Bangalore. The first … Read More →
My little “sun” Sun walks off! It is pretty amazing what teachers and little tots can churn out these days. Yesterday, there was a “Jungle Safari” at Gautam’s school. He was a “sun” among all the animals. It takes a lot of innovation for teachers to include all the kids in their program. In our … Read More →