There is no fun in celebrating festivals in the same old way is there?  Specially when you have young adults at home who shrug and mutter … been there, done that. So I have decided – much inspired by Minakshi of The Compulsive Confessor, to make this festival (our first Diwali in our own home) [...]

Inspired by The Sound of Music Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens  Bright wrapping paper and gifts by the dozens  Dried Fruit packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things Cakes and mithai and crisp savory namkeens  Friends and loved ones and lawns that are green  Bright diwali lights [...]

The Maharastra Government gave its green signal to amend Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) which seeks to protect the pecuniary interests of the ‘other woman’. However, it would need the Centre’s stamp of approval to become a law. Live in relations will finally become legal in India and wives out of wedlock will [...]

I have got inspired.  I read two most hilarious blog posts on menstruation, one by a woman, and the other is a male view point on the subject.  Thanks Sue for pointing me in the right direction.  There is no doubt that men got lucky in this department.  The don’t have these rites of passage [...]

That tag I did yesterday stirred up some school time memories.  So here goes ….. I must have been about 12 or 13.  I had a whole lot of brothers, one real and about 9 cousins that I grew up with.  It was wonderful for me, when I was a kid, since I always had [...]

Alankrita of Real Virtuality tagged me to do this one.  I am not too much into memories, since I have seen people live and relive past glories, or suffer the traumas of their past endlessly – quite forgetting that life is here and now.  Okay here goes … This really is a trip in a [...]

This post was written about a year ago – but posted today, when this issue has come up again in my son’s circle of friends. Whenever someone tells me that our culture is old and rich, I shrug.  Whenever someone tells me that we are a non-violent and satyagrahi country, it makes me want to [...]

Yes I know I know I know dammit – he is over 18, is in Engineering College and shaves!  But somehow he has always been my baby – and it took one helluva long time for me to even believe that he was not an infant.  It took the combined efforts of Kid#1 and DIL [...]

How do you define a good pal – a good pal is the one who sends you a link to something so delightful as this. Thanks Jaspal for seeing the inherent wisdom in the article even though you are male and would not know what she is talking about. I was watching Baghban today.  I [...]

I have been watching the Jet Airways drama unfold with great interest.  My son is a pilot -so I can not claim to be a mere observer.  Aviation Industry is going through a bad time, dropping passenger demand, high cost of aviation fuel, high taxes, rate-cuts by the competition making airfares uneconomical, etc. are making [...]