Why do couples fight? In our case, and we have been married for nearly nine years, it is over stuff like not turning off the lights while warning everyone else about the high electricity bills (him), being lazy and not wanting to go out anywhere (me). But the main things we fight about other than… Continue reading

Farooq Abdullah is worried about many things. But the issue that got his goat recently is not the situation in Kashmir or the graft issue, but the uneven sex ratio in India. The recent survey results have got the elderly statesman worried about how this is going to impact the sexual life and preferences of… Continue reading

Sometimes no matter how good your (read mine) intentions are, life takes over. I had sworn to myself that I would put up at least one post per week. Do your math and you will realise that that is one more resolution down the drain. I have made a few other resolutions – but I… Continue reading

Am dealing with terrible feelings of guilt and incompetence. A more experienced mother would have handled the situation better. Yesterday Sakshi decided to behave like a brat from the moment she woke up to about an hour before she went to bed at night. I started out being the good, mature, sensible mum who tried… Continue reading

A warning at the very outset – this is a serious piece. It is hard to take a humorous approach when there is a slight chance of onions costing more than gold! Just read a newspaper article that says the world is on the brink of social unrest over food prices. That is a scary… Continue reading

While I am deeply grateful for the brains of the world who invented or created stuff like the telephone, ice cream, balloons and firecrackers, I am a bit let down by the fact that no one has yet come up with a machine that can help you yell some choice epithets at those crraazzzy drivers… Continue reading

It started out as a routine order for home delivery of parathas from Paratha King. Hubby and I had tasted their delicious parathas the other day at a friend’s house and had fallen particularly in love with their spicy Chilli Milli paratha. Suffice to say that despite scorched taste buds and smoke from the ears,… Continue reading

Like most netizens I have received funny emails about the world seen through the eyes of kids. I had a similar experience for real recently. On Nov. 14th (Children’s day) Sakshi heard about Chacha Nehru at school. Coincidentally Suresh and I end up talking politics at home and Sakshi asks, “what is government ma?” So… Continue reading

My mid-year resolution (I am always making them and breaking them, erm… rephrasing them) is to wear saris to work – at least a couple of times a month. Continue reading