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Curious cat! Caramel in all her splendor. This is Caramel, a cute cat who is living with us since the past 1.5 months. She belongs to a neighbor who will be back by month end. When we had painting work going on in the house, we let her out of…

No, this post is not about the humble banana. It is actually about this incident that happened this Friday.  G and I decided to have lunch at a Japanese restaurant some distance away from the house. We decided to pick up Gautam from school as he is left off by…

“A rose by any other name will smell just as sweet.” Will it? Not for Indian parents I guess? These days I am regularly coming across names of kids that sometimes border on plain weird. For the sake of not antagonizing some people close to me, I name no names…

Living Room has got a bright orange with a lovely peaches and cream  Finally, the massive cleaning operations are over :). Here are the pictures as I promised. Hope there is enough proof that I have done a good job at decluttering:). Living Room — Another view! The kitchen wall…

Ah, the painting work in my house is finally getting over today. And, the house is a riot of colors. I love colors — vibrant, bright and beautiful. They seem to emanate energy, so I’ve got reds, purples, greens, blues, yellows, oranges and browns in light and dark shades all…

Coincidentally, I read two books on Saudi Arabia recently. One is a tale of a Saudi princess called Princess  (an amazing true story) and another is a memoir of a British Muslim doctor who worked in Saudi Arabia. When I was reading them, I could not believe that such suppression…

For any woman with a partner, boyfriend or husband, it seems like these are familiar peeves. In no particular order and completely in jest, here they are: He never notices when I lose weight. He quickly notices when other females lose weight. He is onto my case even if I…

I know I am a bit late in writing about Mother’s Day :). I enjoyed reading posts by other bloggers giving various aspects about their mothers or mothers in general. I have written often about my mother in this forum, but my friend, Vani, inspired me to write about my…

In a particularly turbulent flight, Gautam asks questions like what if the wing falls off or if the plane’s tires do not come out when we land? While others are holding on tight, this boy just loves the rollicking of a plane as if it were a roller coaster ride…