Rachna says

I have been reading many posts and hearing people on TV expressing their reservation about this movement, about credibility of Anna and his team, about us being the reason for corruption, about undermining Parliamentary democracy, about Jan Lokpal Bill having its own loopholes, about the bill not being the panacea…

It is said that values written on paper stay on paper, but those practised are imbibed. Growing in independent India, we take freedom for granted. In the same way, we take our inherent secular trait for granted. Secularism not in the twisted sense as is used by the politicians but…

Yes, my 400th post! Thanks to blogger for remembering it :). I completed 3 years of blogging in July. Initially what started as a personal diary soon turned into a place where I wrote anything that I had an opinion on (and I have so many :)). My interests like…

She was walking home after a particularly grueling day at work. Her mind was unsettled due to a particularly bad session with her boss.  Just then two men passed by and made some lecherous comments. At other times, she would not have reacted. But today, tears streamed down her eyes…

Oh yes, all the natak that happened in Karnataka, no one in the country was left untouched. The less said about Yeddy the better. In between temple visits, vacations, land grabbing, who cared about administration. And, the way the old man negotiated his way through, it would seem like he…

Though we push our kids to indulge in various hobbies, as moms our aspirations come last. I mean who has the time with all the work we do. But, 3 years back, I took up learning kathak. There was a lady within the layout where I stay who was offering…

Cussing to me was something I was always uncomfortable with. In my normal lingo, I hardly ever curse except when I am driving :). Even then my gaalis (curses) are pretty mild. I was more of a prude when younger looking down upon people who were excessively bad mouthed. Even…

Just today, I read an article about how online purchases in India are largely centered around ticket booking and that too is a miniscule 8%. That surprised me because I did think that a lot of shopping is being done online especially since there are so many deals sites in…

Every summer, we look forward to having the most luscious mangoes — juicy, sweet and incredibly fragrant. And India, by far has the best and most varieties of this king of fruits. But, I have to tell you that this season has been utterly disappointing. Most mangoes I bought looked…

I read this story in Mallika Sarabhai’s column in The Week and found it to be quite good, so I am sharing this with you here. This is a story by Rabindranath Tagore written over a 100 years ago. —————————————————————————————————————————– Once upon a time, a king had a prized parrot…