People are right when they talk about the terrible 2’s. I am hopeful that the terrible 2’s will not extend to terrible 3’s. He is a very loving child who doles out kisses and hugs very easily. He croons in a beautiful voice too and he is an angel when he sleeps :). But when … Read More →

I believe friendship is the cornerstone of all relationships in our life. Don’t we want to be best friends with our spouse, our parents and our kids? The dimensions of friendships change as we are growing up. When I was very young, I was painfully shy. Added to that the constant change of places and … Read More →

Live in lovers have an unhealthy marriage. I read this article and it set me thinking. In the Indian context, living in is not very common. A country which still has a large chunk of marriages by the “arranged” route, love marriages are still not very common. Live-ins must be the rarest and happen in … Read More →

Last weekend, I watched The Hangover. It had got some great reviews and I really look forward to watching comedies so I was very interested in checking this one out. The story is about a groom and his two friends and a quirky brother-in-law who decide to take off to Vegas for a bachelor’s party. … Read More →

Siddharth tells me that he is only my son. I ask him why so. He says because you have given birth to me. I tell him, no son; your father is equally responsible. He asks me how? I scratch my head and can think of no suitable answer without getting into a sticky situation for … Read More →

Just two weeks back, Siddharth was sick for almost a week with a terrible throat infection with fever etc. Today again, he complained of terrible headache with rising fever. I have been giving him paracetamol and pain killers but clearly it is not helping him much. He keeps falling sick with allergies and the poor … Read More →

I had reread the book a second time just recently. It is a complicated book which offers a lot of explanation into particle physics, some believable crap 🙂 about anti-matter, how it was created and stored by these scientists in a laboratory at CERN in Switzerland. The author also launches into lengthy narratives about the … Read More →

Why is language such an issue: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/3633970

There is this Kellogg’s cereal ad which airs on TV. The gist of the ad is that they promise some weight loss after having 2 bowls of Kellogg’s per day for 2 weeks which they call a challenge( Sure, the way Kellogg’s is priced, the worry itself of consuming so much of it would cause … Read More →

A friend of mine who had her birthday had the scare of her life yesterday. She was going to pick son up from school when on a bad patch on the road, a taxi tried to go close to her, she went ahead and moved on. For some reason this guy got miffed, chased her … Read More →