I read this story in Mallika Sarabhai’s column in The Week and found it to be quite good, so I am sharing this with you here. This is a story by Rabindranath Tagore written over a 100 years ago. —————————————————————————————————————————– Once upon a time, a king had a prized parrot who could not speak. So, … Read More →
This is a post I did on Father’s Day two years ago. Here it is with minor modifications because sentiments remain the same… —————————————————————————————————————————— Today is the 100th Anniversary of Father’s Day and though I feel that most of these days are just commercial gimmicks meant to boost the sales of the greeting card … Read More →
Curious cat! Caramel in all her splendor. This is Caramel, a cute cat who is living with us since the past 1.5 months. She belongs to a neighbor who will be back by month end. When we had painting work going on in the house, we let her out of the house to play. She … Read More →
No, this post is not about the humble banana. It is actually about this incident that happened this Friday. G and I decided to have lunch at a Japanese restaurant some distance away from the house. We decided to pick up Gautam from school as he is left off by 1. By the time Sid … Read More →
“A rose by any other name will smell just as sweet.” Will it? Not for Indian parents I guess? These days I am regularly coming across names of kids that sometimes border on plain weird. For the sake of not antagonizing some people close to me, I name no names :). In the olden days … Read More →
Living Room has got a bright orange with a lovely peaches and cream Finally, the massive cleaning operations are over :). Here are the pictures as I promised. Hope there is enough proof that I have done a good job at decluttering:). Living Room — Another view! The kitchen wall has a pretty brick brown … Read More →
Ah, the painting work in my house is finally getting over today. And, the house is a riot of colors. I love colors — vibrant, bright and beautiful. They seem to emanate energy, so I’ve got reds, purples, greens, blues, yellows, oranges and browns in light and dark shades all over the house :). This … Read More →
Coincidentally, I read two books on Saudi Arabia recently. One is a tale of a Saudi princess called Princess (an amazing true story) and another is a memoir of a British Muslim doctor who worked in Saudi Arabia. When I was reading them, I could not believe that such suppression is possible in any part … Read More →
For any woman with a partner, boyfriend or husband, it seems like these are familiar peeves. In no particular order and completely in jest, here they are: He never notices when I lose weight. He quickly notices when other females lose weight. He is onto my case even if I gain a little weight and … Read More →
I know I am a bit late in writing about Mother’s Day :). I enjoyed reading posts by other bloggers giving various aspects about their mothers or mothers in general. I have written often about my mother in this forum, but my friend, Vani, inspired me to write about my wonderful mother-in-law. In our … Read More →