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Continue reading →: Dettol Multi-Use Wipes – A Review
I lived in the US when my elder son was born. I especially remember that I loved using the disinfectant wipes that were available there. They were pretty useful especially for cleaning toilet seats, door handles, keyboards and multiple other places that we normally forget to disinfect. Back in India,…
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Continue reading →: A time to give, a time to heal
Christmas is almost upon us. Though, I do not celebrate Christmas at home, it has been a part of my life since childhood. The festival wasn’t celebrated at all in North India where I spent my childhood years. But, I had my own exposure through the nuns and priests of…
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Continue reading →: Fear is the stepping stone to courage!
The 13-year-old girl was home alone on a balmy afternoon. She was back from school, and her mother had to step out to buy some fresh vegetables. She was fine with that. She was just going to sit and read a book. As it is, she hated putting down murder…
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Continue reading →: Banega Swachh India: Health and Sanitation for all!
Broomance is in the air. After PM Modi kickstarted the cleanliness drive in the country with the slogan “Swachh Bharat”, brooms have become a fashion accessory. Photo ops aside, cleaning a small dirty stretch in a corner is a drop in the ocean to the cause of #SwachhIndia. Yet, it…
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Continue reading →: A lovely weekend breakfast ritual
There is something warm and comforting about food. It nourishes and pampers; gives blissful joy and insufferable angst. Since I came to Bangalore, I have fallen in love with the fresh South Indian tiffin or breakfast items that are prepared in multiple darshinis across the cities. These functional places have…
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Continue reading →: Why I love having children?
My younger son is 8. Compared to his brother who is 4 years older, he always seems young. You know how age is actually relative. So, Sid at 8 was a big boy while Gautam at 8 is still a child. Though he is no longer a baby, we still…
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Continue reading →: The Japanese and the art of using Chopsticks
Today I have the immense pleasure of hosting, Ruchira Shukla of Nirjharini fame on my blog. Just like her blog name, her writing is lyrical and strikes emotional chords. Ruchira is a dear friend, perhaps among my closest friends in the blogworld. She is honest, endearing, affectionate and a very…
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Continue reading →: Politeness is dead!
Politeness is dead or at least it seems to be half way down its grave. Some of the things we do would horrify us if we had two minutes to cease gaping at that smartphone to actually consider our own actions. Day in and day out, all we see is…
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Continue reading →: The Big Screen movie watching experience
Big screen movie experience is always charming. Not as much now as I feel like an alien surrounded by boisterous college students and sometimes crying kids. With my kids relatively grown up, watching movies in theaters has become a calmer experience, as we are pretty much assured of an uninterrupted…
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Continue reading →: Health is fun with Farmlite
Health is fun? Most people lament that even the thought of a yummy gooey cheesecake or a sinfully rich, chocolate chip cookie makes them gain weight. The beautiful model on TV slowly eating that yummy pizza or guzzling down that soft drink is ALWAYS super fit and slim. The message…
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