Let me get the apologies and disclaimers in place at first since I value my friends and relatives very much …. and I value my neck and life even more … 1 I love you guys a lot and can not imagine life without you. You have kicked me in the butt when I have [...]

I was reading an issue of Marie Claire where they had held a contest of people writing to their 18 year old former selves – the winning letters were very interesting – so I stole the idea .. mainly because the eighteen year old me was such a dumbass and I’d love to kick her [...]

I do not do kitty parties – they are so fake and catty. I have bad memories from the ones I was dragged into by my mother. At any given time, she was a member of at least about 6 or 7 of them and she enthusiastically attended all of them and dragged me to [...]

I went to the mall yesterday … something that I rarely do – what with two college going children and pockets to let. Yeah I avoid it since I suffer from the “Me wants everything” syndrome. There was a huge amount of people in the lobby trying out massage chairs and other stuff from Osim. [...]

Kid #1 and his bride were on their honeymoon when the photographer rang me up.The album and the cd were ready and could I please get them collected. High time … I thought, and collected them on the way home. Kid#2 and I ordered a pizza for dinner, and sat down to relive the two [...]

GET ME TO THE MANDAP IN TIME During the period between the Roka and the actual wedding both the boys wanted to know more about the rituals from all and sundry. I could not help much since I am (their words) irreverent, have a corny sense of humour and can not resist the temptation to [...]

THE COCKTAILS DIL’s parents are good people and very very responsible parents. I am totally awed by them.. They did all the traditional and good stuff like having poojas and carting off both my boys along with their offsprings to various sacred places and getting them blessed. I simply love them for it. In a [...]

THE ROKA At the very outset, let me assure you that the entire story is the truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God      Honest!!!  Even though I have fertile imagination, I could not have invented this.  You have to admit this is vintage blogging material.      I knew DIL as one of Kid#1′s [...]

I have got inspired by Mad Momma’s hilarious post on her wedding video, and so here is the fruit of this inspiration. I got married in the dark ages, colour tv was years away, and so mercifully was spared of creative licence taken by video cameramen. The only weird stuff I have is a very [...]

So another year gone by, and another set of wrinkles to contend with …. sigh!!! The sad part is that the inner me simply refuses to believe that I have grown old become middle aged. Dammit, I refuse to grow old gracefully how so ever much my sons and dil would like me to act [...]