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My best friend’s wedding

The growing up years were the best, right? Remember the time you took me pillion on your tricycle? And how you soon grew weary of my baby-fat and tried some Roadrash stunts to get me off the thing?...

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Ten on Ten for 'Customary' Care

The customer care executive brought the new car home after its first free servicing. Just as he was leaving, my newly wedded sister who was visiting us, exclaimed, ‘Haven’t they washed the car? Look at...

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Pun Moments

We cherish our childhood for the innocence that it was filled with. Many of our fond childhood memories revolve around unintentional ill-timed remarks. Here are a few random incidents that come into my...

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Lil Miss Muddlehead

My fifty-something father looked troubled the other day. Upon enquiring the reason for his creased brow, he confessed that he was concerned about his failing memory. Forgetting certain words, names of...

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Onam at my ancestral home

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Message Menace

The phone-person in me is a changed creature since my sabbatical from work and studies. I answer calls, press the call button more often, give missed calls, check my inbox, send replies (when it's not...

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The potpourri my college is

I can begin by describing the institute I have enrolled in for my Post Graduation, as the old, tile-roofed building in dusty brown, set amidst lush greenery; or by talking about its 31 years of...

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Pervert Alert

About a month ago there was a report in the newspaper about a father who died of a heart attack while having a spat with a drunken man who tried to grope his daughter in the bus. The family was on its...

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One Month Ventures: Lessons for all

There are some really awkward situations in life for which we have none but ourselves to blame. I have set up many such scenarios for myself as a result of my ‘Yes I can!’ or ‘Why can’t I?’ attitude....

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Tagged!

I am guilty. Of neglecting. Of abandoning. Of completely ignoring...my blog. :(A really cool blogger (read her, you won't be disappointed) finally gave me some inspiration to revive my blog. So here's...

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Time Flies

Time flies and how. A couple of months ago, I met this lady on the bus who I used to see while waiting for my school bus. She used to come to put her 5 year old daughter on our school bus. Since there...

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What I hate about weddings I love

There are two kinds of people in the world. One, those that love attending weddings and the other, that just hate the mere thought of attending a wedding. But there is also a third category of people-...

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That shop with the lovely kurtas

Like most girls, I enjoy shopping. But have you ever felt uncomfortable shopping for things you can’t do without? Well, I am not talking about lingerie shopping, which will be discussed (later) in the...

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Jab hum bachche the...

Tomorrow is November 14th. The day that the school Principal glumly hailed as the day the children could wear ‘colour dress’ to school. The day (for being a colour dress day) primary students were...

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The Snouth Indian Meal

I was on a 41 day Vegetarian diet, owing to the Sabarimala season. I had been dreaming of Phulkas, Naans and matar paneer ever since the fast had begun (because I wasn’t supposed to dream of chicken...

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A word as odd as odd, please?

Being a copywriter is fun. But more often than not, it’s a huge responsibility. Wordsmith that you are expected to be (and ideally, should be!) people think you must know every big word, every big...

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Thank You...

There are parents who pester and nag kids with ‘study, study, study!’And there are parents like mine who suggest grand holiday plans in the midst of exams and often implement them too.There are parents...

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Time to "change"

“I can’t bring the change you want. You have to bring your own change!” The young man in the crisp khaki shirt told me, meeting my eye with the defiance of a born rebel. I was half-expecting a charged...

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The ‘Boredroom’

As an intern, all wet behind the ears, you take peeks into the boardroom where those big guys fight it out, prove a point, kick some ass. They all wear grave expressions and discuss intelligent things....

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And my favourite child is...

Spaceman Spiff tagged me with this aeons ago and it is now that I am sitting down to do it. So here goes: 1)Your most beautiful postOne hot afternoon... because it was about a simple incident that...

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