Did you know that your smart phone can help you achieve your fitness goals? Mine certainly does. It motivates me, encourages me, urges me on at times; and on other occasions I find it bullying me back on track, pressurizing…
Category: Personal Voice
The words ‘Kantha’ or ‘Nakshi Kantha’ etymologically belong to an ethnic Bengali art form of quilting. While quilting is actually a world craft and many countries across the globe have their own forms of it; ‘nakshi kantha’ has very particular…
The world is what you make of it. Stay within your four walls, and your small world still shapes you. It exposes you to experiences unlike others – leaky taps, find a plumber; last onion, time to shop staples; and…
Avocados: Vitamin E Superfood – Pic Courtesy: Foodie Factor (Pexels) Vanity, Vanity! We all have it in varying degrees, at varying points in our lives. In the peak of my health and in the rosy bloom of my youth, I…
William Butler Yeats once said, ” There are no strangers here, only friends you haven’t yet met.” But little did he know that the changing times would make the saying redundant at the least and dangerous at the worst. Welcome…
Meera and I were home alone, and of course we were loving it. So this time, we’d decided to incorporate a little skin care into our daily fun activities and rituals. We took up a fun ‘7 days 7 DIY…
Darling Daughter, You’re To Be The Best Princess Ninja In The World! Someone once said that names affect personalities (well, someone, somewhere must have said it sometime). So, we named our daughter Meera, of course, after the Hindu Rajput princess…
Je Me Tiens Avec Charlie Just 2 days ago, France and with it the rest of the world, bore the brutality of another ‘terror’ attack, this time on the offices of a private organization. Prior to this, most terror strikes,…
I love Facebook and I almost always read interesting articles that get shared on it. This article is a result of me reading one such ‘share’! This is just my take on the cliched ‘right man’! Recently a friend shared…
Yes, I have taken quite a long blogging sabbatical, but it is time to get back in the groove now. Things may be a little rusty with language and creativity and I may still be under a heavy holiday stupor…
