When I started my first blog on Blogger 13 years ago it was more or less an online personal diary. I wrote anonymously and loved the freedom it gave me to express, interact and occasionally rant. Varsh became my pen name and my husband and toddler son with their numerous histrionics regularly featured on it.… Read More Scribblings in my Personal Diary
A cup of Masala chai with warm breakfast on the side, no hurry to get anywhere and only the low background sound of news channels on the television spitting recent updates. This has been our morning routine, A’s and mine, for the last few days. While the kids are snuggling in their beds we catch… Read More Embrace the change, grow with it
‘Same same but different different’ is the only thing that comes to mind when comparing noodles with vermicelli. The former is a treasured import while the latter is as Indian as aam ka achar. Popularly known as seviyan, vermicelli has been a part of our food culture for a long time. My first brush with… Read More V is for Vermicelli #BlogchatterA2Z
After lapping up one yum food post after another I wonder if it crossed anyone’s mind that no fruit had made it to my list yet. Truth be told, the king of all fruits does like to make a grand entrance (or show up late, if you may 😛 ). Hey, it isn’t my doing… Read More M is for Mango #BlogchatterA2Z
“Where did they get this from?” is one question that keeps niggling me every time I see my kids hop animatedly at the sight of a McDonalds or a Burger King. They aren’t fans of burgers, mind you. It is the French fries that make them drool. A quick stop at any of these joints… Read More F is for French Fries #BlogchatterA2Z
Dear Angel, It often happens that I sit to write something for you with an amazing string of thoughts in my mind but no amount of words ever do any justice to them. I write and rewrite, over and over, feeling that I haven’t conveyed even a minuscule percentage of what I intended to. Motherhood… Read More Mommy to a 4yo Angel 🙂
“I want to go there and tie him Rakhi myself!” Angel said dejectedly. We had just got home after sending out our Rakhis to our cousins who live out of town. This is a ritual I’ve been following for years now but for a not-yet-4 Angel it was a first. Part excited, part unhappy, she… Read More The Other Brothers: Rakhi Special