Rachna says

Gautam is crazy about trains and autos. He knows the distinction between goods trains, local trains and passenger trains. He knows that trains run on rails, and keeps repeating that ad nauseam. He neatly lines his cars or trains as if getting them ready for a race 🙂 Siddharth’s favorite…

We are in Hyderabad for a week on vacation. And, apparently it is the hottest summer in Hyderabad in some years. The maximum temperatures are touching 45 degrees, and seriously it is difficult to cope with this heat., and there are 3 hours of power cuts daily. All that we…

For the last couple of months, there has been a spate of news items about “honor killing” of women in India. Many of them are reported from the villages and small towns of Haryana and UP, where most times either the girl or the couple are killed because they marry…

Today’s papers had an amazing human story of loss, determination and achievement. Dr. Shah Faisal from Kupwara lost his father to Kashmiri militants. The very next day, he sat for his MBBS exam and cleared them! Now, after so many years, he has topped the Indian Civil Services Exam, UPSC.…

Sid and Gautam are back home and barring one unpleasant incident, they had a great time away from home. We also managed to pack in quite a bit within a week, when they were away. A visit to a pub (long time due), a client visit, lots of cooking together,…

There is hardly anything left to say about the man. Have you noticed how people just take off eulogizing about his skills, the moment even his picture appears on the screen. My husband is truly fed up of all the sycophantic honey-sweet utterings about this man. I would give credit…

As Greater Bangalore was created some time back, we needed to get a transfer from the Panchayat khata to the BBMP khata for our house. Ideally, it should be an automatic procedure but walk into a BBMP office to get a feel of the corruption prevailing. The ramshackle place would…

I am happy that the tiff between Modi and Tharoor has managed to do some really wonderful things. For starters, Mr. Tharoor goes. The worst part in his behavior as a minister was the angling he did to get “free equity” worth almost 70 crore for his girlfriend. The direct…

The Axe Effect Commercials Please see these short Axe Effect Commercials being aired during the IPL (link above). My sons, Siddharth and Gautam, freak out when they see these advertisements. They mouth the words of the commercials, and the most hilarious part is their impersonation of the ads. First time…