“So, how are you going to travel to Mumbai? Train?” asked my grandmother when I called to tell her that I am travelling to the city of dreams for the first time on work. I said, “Ajji, they’re sending me by ...Read More
Well, here are a few completely useless but amusing facts..just in case you need to amuse yourself..
On an average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. ( Just switch to ink pens.)
It’s possible to lead a cow ...Read More
I didn't climb a mountain
I didn't climb a tree
but I feel a lot better
I feel free
we didn't talk of troubles
we didn't go on a shopping spree
but I feel lighter
I feel free
bring on the worries
bring on the woes
I am ready for the battle today
three months down ...Read More
So David Guetta played at the HUDA grounds in Delhi. The crowd?
Well, there were girls in formal gowns.
I imagined what they must have said to each other before dressing formal.
"C’mon we are going for a live concert, you know what ...Read More
Sliding up the escalator
They fell in love.
In the food court they confessed it.
A movie snipped the distances between.
A little shopping cemented their bond.
In a glittering trinket shop ..
They exchanged rings.
And merrily loitered through the mall alleys
And plch! And met their ...Read More
This is something many of you will identify with– the day you actually took a car out on your first drive. I must add, though, that the motor training experiments do not exactly qualify as "first drives" for obvious reasons.
The ...Read More
Why?
Why does the power go off while you are watching your favourite movie but not in the middle of cricket matches or grandma’s devotional programs?
Why do the phone and the door bell ring simultaneously when you’ve applied your face pack?
Why do ...Read More
You are light and nice
just spiced right
with a little bit of pickle
you are the best diet
dear curd rice, dear curd rice ...
on hot summer days
I crave for you
on stomach upset days
I'd kill for you
dear curd rice, dear curd rice ...
some ...Read More
I was surfing the net and came across this piece that claimed to be able to tell a person's personality type by the food they liked. Mine would have been 'Blubber Queen' but then I didn't take ...Read More
I have nothing against weddings. They can be emotional and funny, colourful and sweet. By virtue of being a tam-brahm, I have had the privilege to watch tam-brahm weddings from close quarters. Hell, I even had one of those. They ...Read More
This is a sappy, mushy, gooey post. Quite unlike me, but hey, I haven’t been a mother for that long. Give me time and my inner gushing self will emerge from the closet.
When Ankita was first placed in my arms, ...Read More
In the small hill town of Kotdwar in Pauri Garhwal, this is the fortnight of the cross-dressers. This is the only season in these lazy hills, known for their laid-back men and hard-working women with alabaster complexions and frown-lined foreheads ...Read More
