That time of the year has come much too soon All around are worried frowns, doom and gloom The taxmen thinks its funny To take all our money They rub their hands happily and grin And say the fun’s about to begin Tax is the system Tax on our income Tax on every one’s property [...]

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell Empty Nest hit me when I was not looking. It socked me in the heart and I am still hurting. First change happened when Kid #1 fell in love and [...]

Let me just put here, as a safety measure this statement ……….. I believe it was Mark Twain who said “All generalizations are false including this one”. Of course I do not think my kids will ever read this. Kids born to the same set of parents and being brought up in the same environment [...]

Once in a while I miss my childhood …… essentially that presupposes that I have grown up. Well, once in a while I guess I have. What I have got nostalgic for is the afternoon sessions when I was finishing my home work on the living room floor, under the eagle eye of my mother, [...]

This is the time of political correctness. Words are supposed to be used with great caution. For a person coming from Punjab the concept is totally alien. Just consider this – Fat is uncool and we have Punjabi endearments like Gur vakkan mithi, and my all time favorite Sohneyo, Makhan de doneyo. One of my [...]

Sounds like a recipe for a Saturday night party. In my opinion, it is the recipe for a perfect life. The thing I like best is being a Mom. The blind adoration in a child’s face more than pays for all the labour pains, sleepless nights and diaper duty. Of course now that my sons [...]

Thoughts on Womens Day Marriage is still held to be the Holy Grail in a sub-continental woman’s life. All else is merely insignificant rites of passage. And closely following marriage is motherhood. More so when you consider how marriages happen today. One just has to leaf through matrimonial columns of newspapers to know that the [...]

Give me a lazy day and a computer, and this is what we get ….. posts about the most interesting (To me if not to any one else) stuff. After the “I hate Clowns T Shirt”, I started looking up other T Shirts and found this one!!!! It beats every other T Shirt I have [...]

Just browsing on the net, I came across the website dedicated to hating clowns. Here is the link to it http://www.ihateclowns.com/ I loved it. I hate clowns. I think people are fun, and clowns are some kind of aliens. I mean, they hide their faces under weird paint, wear some kind of funny nose and [...]

One of the most interesting weddings I have had the good fortune to attend has been the wedding of a friend’s friend. We were in college when this young dashing army officer was getting married to his childhood sweetheart. My friend had to attend the wedding and needed company. I was more than happy to [...]