As the day dawned bright and clear, I got busy with the rush to get my little Z ready in time for school – believe me he does not cooperate! I drove back from his school with a hundred small and big things crossing my mind, the traffic the least of my worries. I got …
As I wake to find my post for the Alphabet ‘H’ unwritten and the comments on fellow bloggers really needing some supercharged energy I found myself getting buried beneath technology.I got really frustrated trying to figure out how to get all my blogs in one place and how to read them all and not go …
I went into the kitchen thinking of something and doing something else. I switched on the kettle to make a cup of tea and heard a rustling noise from the pantry. As I turned around to I saw the bag of cornflakes lying near the door moving on its own. My horrible drawing of a …
My Secret Love Affair With Bread Bread is maida and unhealthy, they say, but with the number of options now available, one does not need to feel guilty about this comfort food! How many times have you been told not to eat something just because people think it is not healthy? Do you remember that …
With the changing times, many mothers-in-law want to be more supportive of their daughters-in-law, but still fear, “What will people say?” A girl that is an acquaintance is very cool with her in-laws, so cool in fact that when she got married she decided to call them Uncle and Aunty rather than the popular norm …
Day in the life of a new freelance writer….. Freelancing in any line of work is never easy, especially if you are a fresher rather than an established professional going solo or joining back after a break. So here I am at the mid-life stage, post motherhood, trying my hand at being a freelance writer. …
Computers have a special way of their own, they know that some how the sum total of what a man has made in to a Computer with its Internet has some how become superior to a simple human being. I am a rather technologically average lady who believes in learning rather than giving up on …
The #AtoZ Writing Challenge! (MI) I have signed up for AtoZ Challenge, 2014. Hope I can successfully complete it. We are writing for the whole month with an alphabet a day as the prompt. I did forget to enter my code, it is miscellaneous (MI). I like to write about whatever takes my fancy so …
PARIPPU VADA This is one of my favourite things to make when the sky is overcast and big fat droplets of rain are soaking the earth, spreading the pure fragrance of mother earth everywhere. The world becomes pure and new all over again and in life, it seems anything is possible. Simple enough to …
Red meat may be your comfort food or party food or all-time favourite food and we can have the great taste, satisfaction and the health benefits too. We need not feel disheartened by all the unhealthy reviews it has collected. Our health is in our own hands and there is no better way of doing …
10 Men Whom Women Should Run From!!! Women have a great sixth sense that helps them not get into trouble. To boost that wisdom we must also look out for the subtle signs that men give out, especially those who are trouble with a capital T. Here I give you 10 men to be avoided …
ENGLISH SIMPLY THE INDIAN WAY Our grasp of the English language is uniquely colored by our behavior and phrases of our native language, we tend to mould it, twist it, bend it and at times abuse it as per our convenience. Here I share some of the more popular twists to the language which are …