Over the past few years in my interactions with my friends who reside on the west coast of the US, I have wondered at some things. Not sure if it is just the US or it is equally true of urban vs suburban living worldwide. It may sound stereotypical or way too general but here […]
Over the past week, I read “Dreams from My Father” by Barack Obama our presidential candidate with much interest. It has been a while since I read that kind of a book. The one that makes you feel. One that makes you feel like there is sense in the chaos that is the political landscape. […]
As Akay pinged me like she usually does, I responded with a cheery Hi! A couple of lines later, she asked if I was following the Niketa and Harsh Mehta news story. I was. You can read more on the case/story here.
While I have opinions on some matters, Akay is the one who has a […]
Late morning yesterday we received notice of a 8:00 AM learning session Friday. Groaning inwardly I took a quick look at the agenda. It was for a tool we use extensively at work and I thought we knew everything there was to it. The list of topics did not cover anything new except for one […]
I am not sure whether to be offended or amused by this ruling by the Delhi High Court in favor of Air India. While I have been party to many jokes cracked at the state of the flight attendants on Air India, I have never really thought of it as an issue.
Reading the article in […]
A couple of weeks back, K and I watched this movie starring Amitabh and Tabu. Going by reviews online and comments from people who had watched it before I had no great expectations. I was gearing myself for double meaning dialogs and generally a horrible treatment of the subject. The reason I picked it up […]
Getting off the phone after a long conversation with a good friend, I was left wondering about a lot of things. We were discussing a lot of what is happening in the blogosphere with respect to women’s periods and like topics. As we dissected why moms and in laws act like guardians and keepers of […]
My mom made this comment referring to something she read early this morning. The comment made me snap out of my drowsy early morning stupor. Not because I disagreed with her, but because it made me fume with pent up anger over a generation of mixed messages.
*Growing up, I was expected as the eldest daughter […]
Its not Thursday I know but I was way too tired to post this yesterday night. After much deliberation, I have decided on “A Thousand Splendid Suns” By Khaled Hosseini. Here is a review from amazon.com
“From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Afghan-American novelist Hosseini follows up his bestselling The Kite Runner with another searing epic of Afghanistan […]
Yesterday I sent out an email to some friends of mine which went
“Hi,
I write to you today because this is a cause that appeals to me personally. My friend from when I was all of two years and she was four is now running an ashram in Bangalore. Her dad passed away a few years […]
