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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…

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…