Finally, a week of tangible progress. Of palpable movement. I have been withering in stagnation the past few weeks. And just when despair was extending its vicious but welcoming arms, pleasant changes arrive, bearing gifts of calm and relief. And hope.Lil Z is tiny, helpless and fragile no more. She is now a perfect little... Continue Reading →
New mums do crazy, weird, inexplicable things that make absolutely no sense to non- mums and men. Here are some examples:-1.The mommy- sleep. Irrespective of how “heavy”/ deep a sleeper they were prior to being a mum, they suddenly turn into feather- light sleepers. The slightest stir, the minutest cry, can get her from pseudo-mommy... Continue Reading →
I have to do something unthinkable this morning. I have to willingly bungle up my perfect dosa. To demonstrate to you guys, how NOT TO make dosas.No worries though. I shall happily sacrifice my ladle-full of perfectly made dosa matter, for the greater good of nouveau-cook- humankind!For those uninitiated to South Indian cuisine or cooking,... Continue Reading →
The day I really want to run, I can run barefoot. Up a hill. In a saree.With my hair untied. With no caps or sunglasses or sunscreen. The day I really want to run, I can run in 5 inch stilettoes with no platform. On a cobblestoned pathway….The day I really want to run, I... Continue Reading →
Have you ever run beside a moving bus or train? Trying to hop on…. It moves at a speed that makes you think that you might actually be able to get on, but you don’t….If it moved any faster, you’d have to give up. But it does not.You chase on....It teases you.Taunts you.Mocks your inability to... Continue Reading →
A dear friend of mine is getting married. And as she recounts tales of her last minute wedding shopping woes, I reminisce back to my own pre- wedding topsy- turvydom. An Indian wedding is invariably an elaborate, extravagant, rackety, drawn- out affair. It can protract from as little as a week to a month or... Continue Reading →
Morning lovely people!We go on yet another “beachy” adventure....Since my last post, Mama and Papa have been keeping very busy. We hardly have time to go out. But last week, we suddenly decided to take a trip to the family beach at Wakra. We were to meet some friends. Colleagues of Papa and their families.... Continue Reading →
Almost two months now, since this capricious exercise commenced. Many ask how and when I do it.Today, I am in no mood to ramble. Therefore, it shall be a brief post. Here goes…Why?Because I wish so! I started on a whim, and will most likely end as such. Let us just have fun as long... Continue Reading →
You come home. Excited. Elated. With the little bundle of joy in your arms. You think you are a champ for bringing a human into this world. You secretly pat yourself on the back and celebrate (in your head).Your sweet angel naps in the car all the way from the hospital to her new home.... Continue Reading →
Like Russell Peters says … “Nothing! Nothing is coming son…. Nothing…..”I’m going to make a stark and honest admission here. I have nothing to post today. I’m barely afloat. My plate is so full that I can barely hold it up, let alone eat from it! Like always, there are words galore swimming in my... Continue Reading →
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