It Isn’t Just About Educating The Boys. Educate The Girls!!

I didn’t get to see Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate this weekend. Truth is, I havent caught any of his episodes on TV yet. Saw the first one on the net, but thats about it. Anyway, so this week we had the curse of dowry as the raging issue. It is a very old and prevalent [...]

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Whose Fault Is It Anyway ?

This is kind of silly, but I couldn’t help notice the amount of ‘coverage’ given to the Dutt-Patel brouhaha, mostly because one party of this fiasco was guilty of err..umm….not enough coverage and too much cleavage .Though, frankly, in my opinion, the other party is usually just as guilty (okay….kidding . Some people actually like [...]

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Segregating the Needs from Wants

This morning, I decided to send the twins to school in their uniforms. Till now, the uniforms needed some alteration because of which the twins  were going to school in informal wear. But since the uniforms were ready, I thought it a good time for them to try it on for school. As I was [...]

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The Good-Bride Hunting Experience

Having a love-marriage can be tough! Specially so when you have an inherent desire to trot around with a tray of tea and biscuits for prospective in-laws, all coy and shy, head bent to almost touch your tummy and manners gracious enough to be grating I SO missed out on the fun I mean, since [...]

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Thoughts on MF Hussain

My earliest memories of MF Hussain are those of pointing to the television set excitedly and calling out to Mom, “Mummaaa…woh dekho, Nanajaan”. Mom would laugh and say, “Woh Nanajaan nahin hai, woh hain MF Hussain. Artist hain”. (For an 8-year-old, the world “Artist” didn’t carry much meaning. At least back then . Now, I can identify an MF Hussain painting just [...]

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A Beggar or a Philanthropist? You decide

A very good friend from work is a bit peeved with me. She thinks I shouldn’t do something that I’m doing currently. A matter of self-respect and all. I don’t mind her .  Maybe what she feels could be true to a certain extent. Lets see your opinion at the end of this post. The [...]

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Thoughts On : The Memory Keeper’s Daughter

Synopsis : This novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt [...]

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Thoughts On : The White Tiger By Aravind Adiga

Disclaimer : This is NOT A book review. This is just a collection of  my thoughts while/after reading the book. It is more on how I felt connected/disconnected, happy/sad, satisfied/dis-satisfied .  ——————————–  Its been a long time since I last wrote anything on the books that I’ve read.  There were many reasons for it, but [...]

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Taking the Gandhian way……

…….the NRI’s protested with non-violence and made TIME magazine apologise for the supposed ‘satire’ on dot-heads!! Isn’t Joel Stein pleased? Isn’t that what he expected when he expressed surprise that Indians found his article racist and venomous? And oh, in case you ask, “Who’s Joel Stein”, I’d like to let you know. But it doesn’t matter. [...]

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Thoughts on : My Name Is Khan

Note : This is NOT a film review. Warning : Long , rambling post ahead.   Now that the noise over SRK’s MNIK has subsided, I guess it is safe for me to come up with my thoughts on this movie. First, the positives. It was a nice film, had a nice flow, was witty at [...]

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