2023-01-16 10:12
There was a time when my bio would have started with "An Avid Reader" but as I was thinking today I realized that reading is constant in my life but I have evolved and it doesn't define who… Read More
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2023-01-02 10:03
When a year passes by you sit back and take stock of how the year was; 2022 for me was a land mark year, it took me to a path that I had never imagined. Life threw me a curveball and proved… Read More
2022-06-30 16:38
Life is such that it keeps on going...We keep moving with the flow....We let life take control....We let things happen....We get comfortable with Status Quo....We get comofrtable with routin… Read More
2020-07-13 06:56
We are in the 4th month of Lock-down and I have been working from home from around 18th March and today is the day when I get time to dust away the cobwebs from this place.So three months do… Read More
2020-01-22 04:33
So this fine day we were watching something on the TV when the brat exclaimed..."What the Fu"I was like what?? What did you just say???Brat: Nothing Mamma!!!Me: No!!!! you said something… Read More
2019-04-02 09:28
So, I was going through Pepper's Blog and realised that it is that time of the year when many of us try to get back into blogging through April A-Z Challenge. Her post motivated me to g… Read More
2019-02-04 17:59
Cancer is one of the most dreaded word in recent times. I came face to face with it when a senior of mine was diagnosed with it some 25 years back. She however conquered it and came back as… Read More
2019-01-17 05:57
Till before December 2017, I was a novice as far as seeing death was concerned. Some might say I was over protected, some might say that is strange but it is as it is. I am the youngest in m… Read More
2018-10-08 16:29
That you make 120 rounds of all the food stalls in the Food Court (be it that of a mall or your work place) get mighty confused and end up ordering something that you can not even gulp?? And… Read More
2018-09-23 14:04
Every bloody known and unknown nook & crook of your body is paining you know that the zumba has been done right.When your son refuses to eat Noodles because they are unhealthy you know y… Read More
2018-09-05 11:52
The idea for this post was to put up a line up of thoughts that have been going on in my mind to take this blog forward and then I realized that in June 2018 this humble blog of mine co… Read More
2018-08-21 12:15
Title: The Silent WidowAuthor: Tilly BagshawePublisher: HarperCollinsPrice: INR 230/- (paperback) & INR 197/- (Kindle)E… Read More
2018-08-16 11:37
I am a very head strong person and when I supposedly like a person I almost worship them and when I hate someone it is another extreme. If you have read my blog you would know about the few… Read More
2018-08-03 12:11
When I was in school I used to dream about the day when my education process would end and I would start earning. To be very honest I have never been very sincere about studies and in a way… Read More
2018-07-15 06:29
On the way back from my return from officeBrat: So Mumma how was your day???Me: It was good but very tiring. How was your day?Brat: It was good!!! Tell me something, which is your best… Read More
2018-07-03 11:54
I am not a big fan of Beauty Parlor's! Heck come to think of it I am not a big fan of beauty per se or if I have to word it differently I would say I do not give it due importance. However h… Read More
2018-06-01 07:32
Title: A Cage of DesiresAuthor: Shuchi Singh KalraPublisher: PenguinPrice: INR 250/- (p… Read More
2018-05-18 12:20
Book ReviewTitle: How I Became A Farmer's WifeAuthor: Yashodhara LalPublisher:  &hell…Read More
2018-04-12 10:03
Book ReviewTitle: The Story of a Long-Distance MarriageAuthor: Siddhesh InamdarPublisher: … Read More
2018-02-23 09:39
From not seeing death ever to watching your closed loved one slipping away right in front of your eyes is a memory I wouldn't even wish to my worst enemy....Because when everything end it le… Read More
2018-01-30 04:29
Somethings in life are such that you don't really know what it is unless it really hits you.Death being one such reality....Matter of seconds and your life changes in a poof!!!!The moment it… Read More
2017-09-23 04:56
Parenting can not be taught; it is something that can be learned by experiencing it. Your parents may give you pointers but that's about it and trust me I have learnt it the hard way.One of… Read More
2017-09-16 14:33
Son sitting reading a book *nazar na lage*Dhinchak songs playing in the backgroundDinner ready to be served...Blissful Saturday night Read More
2017-09-10 04:51
There are days when you miss the joys of anonymity. There was a time when you wouldn't know a person unless you meet them but these days we all have virtual friends and we feel we know them… Read More
2017-07-14 07:10
X: You come to work Saturdays?Y: No!!X: So lucky!!!Y: But you are on payrolls; we are not.X: Noo!! Who said so??Y: They can ask us to go any timeX: But we are also on contract!Y: But they wo… Read More
2017-06-10 05:35
Title: BaazAuthor: Anuja ChauhanPages: 432 pagesPublisher: Harper CollinsGenre: FictionPrice: Kindle Edition 180/- | Paperback 200/-From the blurbWhy do they call you Baaz? It mean… Read More
2017-04-14 06:46
Getting something done from a headstrong 6.5 year old boy is as difficult as getting something done from our most non cooperative departments at work. No I am not kiddingOne morning when I w… Read More
2017-04-07 11:39
This is the 6th Day of the A-Z April challenge and I have already learned few lessonsI can write under pressure and I knew this but I still though to give this a try. Besides this challenge… Read More
2017-04-06 11:50
I am running dry of ideas ( I am quite ashamed of the pathetic post that I published yesterday) and I have almost given up on this challenge but I am not one to give up easily so here I am… Read More
2017-04-05 09:38
It is just the the 4th day of the challenge and I am already feeling like how will I finish this off! Since I do not have a ready theme with me it is difficult to put my head around a word a… Read More
2017-04-04 05:20
I have put on a LOT of weight and when I say A LOT I really mean it.I have been wanting to lose it forever but have not really done anything concrete in that direction. Problem with me is I… Read More
2017-04-03 05:56
Yesterday night while having dinner I & Husband were discussing about the impending Raam Navami and the 8th day of Navratri's. Since husband has fasted for 9 days we were contemplating a… Read More
2017-04-03 05:29
Yeah! A beginning all over again.I have been making more comebacks than Pappu Gandhi; but well if he can get a chance after losing every consecutive election then this blog is my own ;-) and… Read More
2017-03-24 09:07
Book Title: The Dance of DurgaAuthor: Kanika DhillonPublisher: HarperCollinsFormat: Paperback (INR 232/-) / Kindle (INR 220/-)Pages: … Read More
2017-03-01 15:20
You have been unwell for couple of days and haven't gone for work. Sunny boy walks in from school gets shocked and happy seeing you. Few minutes later he walks in with the medicine that you… Read More
2017-02-25 06:40
Book Title: Teenage Diaries The Days That WereAuthor: Saurabh SharmaPublisher: Frog Books (13 December 2016)Format: Paperback (INR 299/-)… Read More
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2017-02-22 16:03
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2017-02-13 09:42
Lately I have realized that I have become quite snobbish in making friends. I have a clear list of what I do not want from a friend and trust me the list is pretty long.You can not tak… Read More
2017-02-06 07:42
Few days back I was at the Supermarket browsing through vegetables. There were a couple picking their vegetables and talking among themselves...Guy1: Have you picked everything?Guy2: Ye… Read More
2017-02-04 07:34
Over the years I have learned few things and have made it a point to remember them as mantras of my life. Lemme share some of them with you.Somethings in life are better learned with age #Ex… Read More
2017-01-17 04:41
Peeping TomsNot just any peeping toms; but the ones who make it there personal matter to peep into my shopping bags. I absolutely H.A.T.E. people who always make a comment on what your shopp… Read More
2016-12-09 09:12
I am a self confessed Bollywood fan and an ardent reader of all the gossips and articles related to Hindi movies. I guess I am a filmy keeda in true sense I remember old songs, dialogues and… Read More
2016-12-02 05:16
When you have a kid at home there are two kinds of television show that largely play in your Idiot Box. i- Cartoon showsii- very selective hours of viewingOur home thankfully falls in catego… Read More
2016-11-24 13:05
Updates! I Updates! I Updates! But nowhere to share. No don't get me wrong this is still my to go place when I want to pour my heart out but over time I have realised many updates/ incidents… Read More
2016-11-11 13:02
I had decided to stay away from Banks/ ATM's for 10 days.And yet yesterday I was standing in the below Queue at 9:45 AM (as you see the time stamp says 10:43 so I have already spent an hour… Read More
2016-11-04 11:33
There was a time when blogging was my life line, I needed no reason to blog or as Deeps says I found everything happening around me blog-able and then came a lull. I have ideas; I want to bl… Read More
2016-08-02 07:44
This Sunday my MIL was watching Baajirao Mastani at home & though I was managing to forward the movie at appropriate place but the brat walked in at a point where Ranveer Singh was huggi… Read More
2016-07-29 03:38
There was a list of Instructions pasted on the door of the Office Loo. Giving us instructions like; Switch Off Lights, leave the loo clean; treat the loo as you treat your home ka loo e… Read More
2016-07-14 12:05
Trust is a big word but even the smallest action counts and when I came face to face with the below I realized it is not easy. These iD TrustShop refrigerators were installed at my work… Read More
2016-07-13 12:20
I miss the good old days when I would blog at the drop of the hat. I needed no motivation and the words would just fly off my key board. There was a positive energy & drive in blogging w… Read More
2016-06-17 06:56
We all have suddenly become so vella that half our time is spent in checking our WhatsApp messages. Heights is when there is a picture going around and then a picture countering the previous… Read More
2016-06-03 09:14
Keeping your child busy during summer vacations is very difficult and all the more if your kid is as hyperactive as mine, well then May God bless you. For this very reason when IMC contacted… Read More
2016-05-26 11:56
If two years back you would have asked me to look beyond Flipkart as far books shopping is concerned I would have laughed at you. If you would have asked me to choose between a paperback &am&hell…Read More
2016-05-20 08:09
It has been a long time that I posted some Random Thoughts so here I am Movie Based on Sarabjit released today and the reviews as I was expecting are bad. What is surprising however is… Read More
2016-05-19 12:13
Mera Mann is a catch phrase which I use very often. Like I have a habit of leaving my specs anywhere and when I say anywhere I mean literally anywhere. On the bed, on the floor or like yeste… Read More
2016-05-13 06:39
Title: False CeilingsAuthor: Amit SharmaPrice: Rs. 295/-Category: DramaFrom the BlurbBorn in the lush mountains of Dalhousie, Shakuntala is a pampered child of a wealthy builder. On her wedd… Read More
2016-05-10 16:45
Yes there was A Story that I had promised to talk about but never did...Yes there was A Journey which I had started with loads of inhibitions...And today is the time to talk about that story… Read More
2016-04-21 08:45
Tring! Tring! Me: Hello!Him: Good Afternon ma'am I am XYZ from ABC FinanceMe: Where are you calling from?Him: ABC FinanceMe: Why are you calling?Him: In regards with Loan!Me: You want s… Read More
2016-04-18 10:29
Me: So what games did you play today?Ar: Mumma I & S (his best friend) were playing with G but she played a very bad game.Me: What bad game?Ar: Shaadi - Shaadi!Me: It is not a bad game e… Read More
2016-04-15 10:50
This Wednesday when I came back from work my brat was busy watching T.V. I said Hi! to him which was very royally ignored. I decided to act very maturely and took out my Kindle and grab… Read More
2016-04-11 06:28
No this post isn't about the infamous intolerance talks that has been going around. This is entirely something else.This Saturday we were in Brat's school for some Orientation & then we… Read More
2016-04-08 04:16
It is the first day of Navratri & we observe fast today & on the last day of the 9 days. We were having a conversation about the fast yesterday & brat showed his interest in fast… Read More
2016-04-06 10:58
Disclaimer: All the views expressed here are personal.I am an avid follower of news related to Movies & Television. I read all the gossip earnestlyI start reading magazines from the… Read More
2016-04-05 10:03
We took a major leap yesterday with brat moving into Primary school from Pre-Primary and their school had organised a beautiful function for it.Apparently there is a story that goes like thi… Read More
2016-04-01 07:05
Last month was monumental as far as brat is concerned. It was his last month in pre-primary grade. As soon as his term in U. KG started he was looking forward to get into Class 1 or rather … Read More
2016-03-22 08:49
That is me....There are days when I can be a lazy bum like real lazy bum. The house would be in shambles around me and I wouldn't lift a finger & then there are days when well I am asham… Read More
2016-03-14 08:17
Title: Last VacationAuthor: Sarah Elle EmmGenres: ThrillerFormat: E BookSeven days have passed since Naples real estate agent Megan MacKenna has heard from her twin sister, Madeline… Read More
2016-03-11 07:21
So last month when we were contemplating to have a pet and going by our condition we decided we could only think of "fish" and thus our aquarium was revived. Four Gappi's (2 males & 2 fe… Read More
2016-03-08 04:28
Is getting on to me...my WhatsApp is bulging with hundred of forwards (& still counting) on how magnificent we Women are. We are multitasker's, we are a mother/ sister/ daughte… Read More
2016-02-01 10:23
We aren't a couple who uses abuse words frequently, the word that we use the most is "Saala" and since we have a kid at home we are extra cautious in using it but as they say for all our sma… Read More
2016-01-09 07:06
Has it ever happened to you that you are reading a mystery book or a watching a movie / serial and the protagonist is struggling very hard to guess the murderer or the culprit while it stare… Read More
2015-12-22 04:10
Some In coherent thoughts....Yesterday I finished reading "Daughter Claus" & am currently reading its sequel"The Claus Clause"....The whole essence of the book is that the surreal w… Read More
2015-12-21 11:01
The weekend flew away in a whirlwind and what all did we do?Grocery Shopping - CheckArnav shown to a doctor for cold n cough - CheckVegetables bought & cut - CheckForgot to peel the gree… Read More
2015-12-19 05:30
All this happens in the car as we are on our way to a restaurant....A song from Bajirao Mastani was playing the background....Me: BM looks like a good movie, nice fight scenes et al.Hubby: y… Read More
2015-12-18 06:17
This happened on Wednesday! Husband had gone to pick up the food we had ordered and I & brat were standing near our bike doing time pass. We were standing on the footpath and there was a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Title: Sorting Out SidAuthor: Yashodhara LalPublisher: HarperCollinsNumber of Pages 320Genre Fiction Book From the blurbA thirty-six year old finds his life breaking apart in front of h… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Tring TringThe Guy: Hello! HDFC Home LoansMe: Can I talk to SM?The Guy: Kaun bol raha hai? Regarding?Me: She knows...The Guy: Ok...I listen in background when he shouts, Ma'am call for… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
No I am not pregnant! Though the brat has suddenly been saying, "let's get a Chotu Baby at home for playing" but I am treating it as a passing phase & ignoring the comments. Co… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Howdy people??? How was your weekend? Mine was good!!! In fact I should say mine was good. There was some announcement made at our work place on Friday which brought a cheer to my life and m… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
And I will be this for many more years to come...What?Is this my real age?Well!Your guess is as good as mine!Till then keep guessing Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This Wednesday there was Annual Day Celebration in Arnav's school. Along with that they had kept an Anand mela on the lines of the fair that they had last year. Unfortunately unlike last yea… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
There is no dearth of strangers on road rather there are only strangers and some of them are such sample piece I tell you...This guy I met one morning; met in fact is a misleading word. We w… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It was one of those evenings when I was waiting for my usual lift to pick me up. I pool with a guy who works near my office and the only thing that I remember about his car is that it's Whit… Read More
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