You know what?  When kids grow up, they become adults.  And when boys grow up – they become self absorbed, insensitive, taciturn MEN (If I could I would enter sad doleful veena music here or even Paul McCartney’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps) To keep the argument balanced I will add this You know what? [...]

Kid#1 is back home now.  This, by our standards is huge!  He’s been to Philippines and back quite a few times in his quest for a commercial pilot’s license.   But then we are a family that goes from crisis to crisis – with a short pause in which we try to figure out if we [...]

Do vote for me at indibloggers in the best design category (Section 14) http://multivote.sparklit.com/web_poll.spark/21900 You know what I hate about new age parenting?  The fact that there are so many rules that are diametrically opposed to how we were brought up! Humarey Zamaaney Mein : Part One Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child Aaj Kal [...]

There was this young girl, skinny as hell, walking around with a permanent cold (sickly actually), an introvert who preferred reading books to interacting with boys who tried to feel up more endowed girls other social creatures. The girl then discovered food, and started getting comfortable with food and herself …. and more comfortable ……. And more comfortable [...]

A big HAPPY DIWALI from the Phoenix Home Wont post the pic of the “AFTER DIWALI BASH” Some pics of the much maligned candles and toran from the Phoenix House DIL WAITING FOR THE MOON ON KARVA CHOUTH

I am very ambivalent about karva chowth and I wrote a post last year stating my reasons which readers found hilarious.  Well I am like that anyways …. My kids want to celebrate each and every festival with gusto, even the all female ones like karva chowth. I would doll up, do the mehendi, new dress [...]

My elder son has gone and I already feel the absence! Yeah I know he’s just a phone call away …..   I also know that I have told him in all sorts of ways that he can leave and settle down anyplace in the world and its okay with me!  In fact I have told [...]

I think I really had it easy as a kid.  Was the first daughter after a long ffffffffreaking long run of male children and made much of. Then I had two sons …. Even the dogs I had were male ….. The cats I kept did not matter since they know they do not belong [...]

Actually not long distance as far as distance went. Kid#1 was comfortably esconced on the sofa with his feet on the centre table. DIL was lying down Diva-like on the couch Kid#2 and Moi were sitting on the other sofa, he was trying to read Tehelka with me trying to read what he was reading [...]

Kid#2 is in college …. and has finally become a man His Yahoo chat used to be “I am an unopened package” Now it is “Yoohoo I am a man now” Well, hoping to dig some dirt and graphic details for some explanation I rang up Kid#1 Me : What is Kid#2 up to?  Saw [...]