My children often complain that I am childish.  I always counter that I am child-like not childish.  I have innocence and simplicity and ……. GAAH I give up !  That sounds over sweet, which I most definitely am NOT!!! Well, like they say, Growing old is mandatory, growing up is not!  Grown ups do not [...]

I love anime.  It has more originality and life than our desi serials that are pompous, boring and often regressive.  That being said, it also gives me a kick that our culture has made such an impact on the Japanese ethos.  Budhism of course, as we love to point out, originated in India.  What very [...]

I saw Kameeney and I loved it.  It gives me great joy to see Indian cinema getting more mature.  Thank God that we do not have to be holier than thou or perfect and do herogiri any more.  I mean, we still like the macho stuff but it is not mandatory. The signs were there [...]

Old readers of my blog would know that at home Kid#1 and Moi are the ‘cookers’ and Kid#2 and DIL the ‘eaters’. Works well for us, more since DIL (smart goil) threatens to feed us meals made by her. Mercifully she hasnt made good her threat. Hmm Yeah she made Egg Onion Bake which was [...]

Thanks Mythri BTW I have a doll-like cousin with the same name and different spelling. She spells it like Maitri …. sweet hunh? 1.What is your current obsession? Blogging, freelance writing, watching hindi movies 2. What are you wearing today? Salwar kameez – am in office …… and dress code here is a bummer! 3. [...]

It is apparent that all women beyond a certain age have had enough of the bullying done by fitness centres, slimming industry and other people who want to do us great harm by making simple eating and drinking feel like sinning. Just read the story below ….. Recently, in a large French city, a poster [...]