I am so glad to be back in Bombay – after a miserable two weeks in Delhi. Miserable for a lot of reasons, not the least being the fact that I spend most of my spare time mulling over how much I dislike the city… Early morning, half asleep on my cab ride from Gurgaon… Continue reading Days in Delhi…
Oh my aching back…
In sunny Goa, not all signboards are scary. Some of them are well, interesting… I hung around for a bit hoping to meet the John massagist (from Delhi) himself. And then figured out that if he is ‘gents’, chances are he would meet only other ‘gents’… And while on Goa, here is a relevant if… Continue reading Oh my aching back…
Football fever in Goa…
There is cricket in Goa. Match on a hot Sunday morning, complete with a small stadium, spectators and commentators… And then there the more serious business of football. On the roads, in the playgrounds, in schools. Even in hoardings. Everywhere… You are in Goa and you are not cheering for football?? Hot? Who says it… Continue reading Football fever in Goa…
Oh, by the way…
So long as we are telling you what not to do, we thought we may as well tell you this too – do not abuse children I mean… what? Spotted across Goa beaches and snapped at Palolem finally… Snapped in more than one way. Picture this – group of drunk bare-chested, beer-bellied, white under-weared (yuck,… Continue reading Oh, by the way…
Pots of clay
On FM, ad for Mahesh tutorials – the teachers here so friendly and helpful, blah blah blah. They take a lump of clay and make it into a pot. On a signboard in Dharavi for Kumar classes, we don’t teach, we mould. So what’s with all the pottery in teaching?
Independence day…
happy independence day – as it draws to an end… and who can say it better than google? Kids in my building this morning just after the flag hoisting, lustily singing ‘saare jahan se accha‘ [another mobile phone pic] This, I think, is what kids look nice doing – and not this… More images, memories… Continue reading Independence day…
On being a smartbahu
I was searching earlier on the net for something and came across a site called smartbahu and of course, I had to click on it. This is what the site says – Smartbahu.com – India’s 1st portal for the complete woman. What was that again – complete women = smart bahu (or is it the… Continue reading On being a smartbahu
“No blank space will survive”
They’ve been seen on pregnant bellies and tattooed on foreheads. They’ve invaded bathroom stalls, cellular phones and doctors’ offices. They’ve sneaked their way into movies, TV shows, novels and even Broadway plays. Not to mention doors of movie-hall restrooms. remember you saw it here first – even before the Baltimore Sun wrote about the new… Continue reading “No blank space will survive”
‘Itchy Feet’ updates
Exactly a year ago, I had walked up a few hundred slippery steps in the rain, to Karla caves near Lonavala and come back to wonder – proud of what heritage? – fascinated by the wood and stone that have bravely withstood the onslaugth of the elements for centuries but recently given up the struggle… Continue reading ‘Itchy Feet’ updates
Haveli hopping and frequent flying
Just in case, a teeny weeny case anyone was wondering where I have been, this is what I did last weekend… And when I was not sitting by the window, cup of tea in hand, watching the sun go down over the plains in the distance, I went haveli hopping and saw these… This was… Continue reading Haveli hopping and frequent flying