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As the year 2024 comes to an end I was just thinking about what has happened over the year and I must say that in my case it has ben… Read more

During this time last year we were talking to friends and Vinay blithely and with great authority announced that I had been on  8 holidays in the year. I didn’t… Read more

When my sister Suman was young she would not eat a meal without tomato ketchup. Whenever we used to go to a restaurant my mother would quietly look around to… Read more

Bhimshankar Ruia or Uncle Bhim as I called him was my eldest Chacha and he suddenly passed away this morning. Although I had learnt of his illness just a couple… Read more

Over Diwali one tends to over indulge in most things be it going to parties to eating heavy food to over drinking and to gorging on delicious mithais. What does… Read more

Despite living in England my parents always made it a point to celebrate our Indian religious festivals every year and Diwali was always on the top of the list. My… Read more

The Maldives is a nation of islands in the Indian Ocean, that spans across the equator. The country is comprised of 1192 islands. Only 200 of the islands are inhabited,… Read more

It was a tradition in the Goenka family that everyone from the family be they living in Kolkata, Mumbai, Assam or wherever travelled to our family home in Laxmangarh in … Read more

Have you ever gone to a nice trendy restaurant at lunchtime and just sat on your own shamelessly eavesdropping on conversations around you? If not.. please try it… it is… Read more

At the risk of sounding dramatic I actually had a couple of instances which were really scary for me as well as my family around me. I have suffered from… Read more