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Category: Slice of Life

  • One Direction – Where We Are

    I came face to face with the phenomenon called One Direction when my tween daughter was singing ‘What makes you beautiful’ day in, day out. That was 4 years ago. Since then, these lads from the backstreet of ordinary have only grown to be the next big thing! A rags-to-riches story that could well be…

  • Zindagi, Mere Ghar Aana…

    Chupke, chupke raat din, aansoon bahana yaad hai.  Humko ab tak aashiqui ka woh zamana yaad hai… Ghulam Ali Sahab was a regular at home. He’d be closely followed by the Late Mehdi Hassan who crooned Beqarari si beqarari hai. The tempo would then be taken several notches higher by Abida Parveen’s Dama Dum Mast Kalandar. This pretty…

  • Mumbai Metro One – Our Debut

    Saturday saw the start of our much awaited ‘summer break’. With a change in the school academic pattern, we now break for vacations when majority of the kids get back to school. Yet, it was our first day of holiday and we decided to do something fun. The newly opened Metro along the VAG corridor…

  • What’s in a name? – The Black Dog Chronicles

    Ms. Duarte had a commanding presence. When she spoke, we listened. And so, when she announced a spectacular prize, we knew she meant business. All we had to do was think of anything in the world that did not have a name. Seemed easy to us fourth graders. At that age you believe anything. Needless…

  • B bedazzles BOLLYWOOD

    Ah, yes, we are a nation of song and dance. Bollywood is staple diet in any respectable North Indian family. The rest of the country has their regional films to take a cue from. What can I say? We are a melodramatic lot! Everything for us is larger than life. Drama is life-giving. Emotions are…

  • Gaining MOMentum

    A friend introduced me to First Moms Club (FMC) over a year ago, and I thought to myself – not another FB group! We were around 3000 members back then. Now those many women under one roof can be quite something, if you know what I mean. So, I just sat in the aisles with…

  • Being ME! – The HERstory Montage

    HEELING the world since 1977… If you want to know what this is all about, head here.

  • On Radio One 94.3 FM – The Sequel

    I had just enacted a racier version of Livin’ la vida LOCAL and made it by the skin of my teeth. Even as I huffed and puffed, a signboard announced the proximity to the premises of 94.3 FM Radio One. The temple bells rang against dramatic thunder and lightning; I gently opened the door and announced myself…

  • BlogwatiG is Two Much!

    This post has been brewing for some time. I had so many things to say, and a zillion other things to be grateful for. Thoughts, particularly mine, are known to wander and jump topics. Being still is not exactly an accomplishment I can boast of. Yet, today, I needed to spell a few things. And…

  • To Radio One 94.3 FM – The Prequel

    Believe me when I say this –Twitter is responsible for this post! I mean, how often do you expect 140 characters, tweeted to someone you follow, to get noticed? And then, it happens. (Just like it did once before.) You get a reply. Holy Matrimony! I felt like Hrithik Roshan did when he got a…