My sons and daughter in law have decided that I am incapable of looking after myself.  It doesnt help matters that I love to cook – exotic stuff, if I repeatedly do dal+ghia+roti, I sleep walk through the cooking process, and the food is forgettable.  Blech!  Even I wouldnt eat what I dish out! Any [...]

Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a smart, attractive professional lady.  Her marriage was arranged to one smart attractive professional gentleman.  Together they built their marriage under the huge umbrella of the Great Indian Joint Family. The first few years were heaven.  They both worked together, went on vacation all over [...]

Telephone Calls one wishes one never recieved …………………..   She : Nee kee haal chaal hai tera? Me : I am okay Aunty She : I heard you had an operation? Me : Yes Aunty, but Rabbji has been kind to me.  I am recovering now. She : Your poor parents would have been so [...]

My father was a very indulgent husband and a cool parent.  He married my mother when she was barely sixteen and was often known to remark that he brought up three kids.  He always added Jee to her name and addressed her as Tussi or Aap.  Karva Chauth was big in our home.  Two weeks [...]

Let me give you a folk story from North West India ….. In a remote village, a bossy woman lived with her daughter-in-law. Although her son and husband lived with them too, it’s she who held sway over the entire family. One person who was always on her radar was the daughter-in-law. Like most mothers-in-law [...]

6:30 am, wake up, curse the effin’ mobile which sings happily “Dil kabhi ganda, kabhi hai nek banda”, fall out of bed, walk into the bathroom door, groan, walk into various fixtures cursing a blue streak and then open eyes, look at my own reflection, (OMG I look like a hag) groan, close eyes, wash [...]

My Kid#2 is all grown up.  He went on his very first date today.  Sigh!!!!!! He’s gone out earlier – but always in a group.   Today was the first time he took a girl out for the evening.  People say Awwwwww He was nervous.  His coffee date was at 5 pm and he was ready [...]

There are times when I think God has a weird sense of humour. I just don’t get it. The timing sucks like hell… like I mentioned in an earlier post (Yayyy I managed to make a link!!!!) Consider this, a woman reaches middle age and is dealing with boobs that go south, grey hair, the [...]

Something has totally happened to me. I distinctly remember a few years ago that I would recoil at the mere mention of buying and owning a home for myself. I thought that once you owned one of these things, you really could not have a life. Every thing you earned went into repairs, renovations, furniture, [...]