This post is one of Blogadda’s Spicy Saturday Picks! Thanks Blogadda I wrote this poem when I was barely more than a child myself and I had my first son …. it does not rhyme ….. but I would not change the words for anything in this world Sometimes it’s that back pain Those countless [...]

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 [...]

1.  Eat burnt toast with a smile 2. Eat the half eaten biscuit that your infant kid lovingly feeds you happily 3. Wake up in the middle of the night to rock the infant to sleep or tend the loved one. 4. Eat artery choking food served by over-hospitable people with a smile while cringing inside [...]

THE THEATRE CALLED LIFE I know I know … y’all think I am getting morbid in my not-so-old age!!! LOL that is not so.  But getting to this age … and watching a whole lot of people departing has brought me face to face with the politics of mourning. There are people who walk into [...]

43 year old Chander Mohan, son of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, and the Deputy Chief Minsiter of the same state goes underground for 3 months. He resurfaces as Chand Mohammad, married to the Additional Advocate General of Haryana, Anuradha Bali who has also converted into Islam and is named Fiza They both lose [...]

I read Nimmy’s blog ,   “How easy is it to undergo a divorce?”  With due respect to Nimmy, I have big problems with the title of the blog entry – divorce never is and never will be easy – any where in the world.  It is hard, it is painful and it is lonely. [...]

Any one remember the lovely Snowhite? The babe who kept house for seven dwarves Named Happy, Sneezy, Dopey and Doc Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy – the names rock   But before getting kissed  By her prince on the lips She had to eat the poisoned apple Dont ask, I did not write the fable   I [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This is not a politically correct post – but then I am a politically incorrect person who has lived a topsy turvy life – so you can’t expect me to be prim and proper, and only talk about socially accepted issues. I got a call yesterday from a friend of mine and we talked late [...]