Category: Read about my escapades!

We do this puja every year about a week after Holi and there is always a big debate on which day we should do it, whether this day is too early or too late and so on and so forth. Anyway so we finally settle on a day and preparations begin. Ma Sheetla is the…

Aradhana asked me about a year ago whether I would be in town in February and I immediately replied that I would make sure I was here if I was needed. She then went on to give the details of a wonderful family holiday they were planning to Antarctica and of course the children were…

Sitting in the car in India was quite an experience…never mind driving!! I remember on one of my early visits to India the driver was happily driving ahead and I saw cars whizzing past me and I realised we were going down the wrong side of the road….when questioned the driver just said that there…

In England you could apply for your provisional driving license when you turned 17 and you could then proceed to take driving lessons with large plates clearly showing L(learner)in a bold font attached to the front and back of the car. This of course meant that your 17th birthday present was a given – driving…

So, I have been told by my children that Teen Patti is now very passé and the new game to play is Poker  but be that as it may I am a Teen  Patti player through and through. We went through a phase many years ago where Vinay , myself and 3 couple friends started…

I love meeting my girlfriends over a long relaxing lunch any day over a dinner party which only starts at 10 pm, the food is served at about midnight and you get home by 1am and thus making you groggy and miserable all the next day. And mind you this has no reflection on the…

I have seen 3 generations of birthday parties and how they have changed!! So, my birthday parties were all held in Manchester. We used to call about 15-20 friends to the house and we would play pass the parcel, musical chairs, pin the tail on the donkey and a few other such games. If the…

A few lesser known facts about the New year.  The tradition of making New Year’s resolutions has been around for thousands of years, and its origins can be traced back to ancient Babylon. The Babylonians celebrated the new year with a 12-day festival called Akitu. During this festival, people would: Plant crops.Pledge allegiance to the reigning…

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 quite a roller coaster! I lost four relatives who were all very dear to me. At the beginning of the year Vinay’s Chachaji passed away……

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 say anything at the time but in my mind I thought it was a slight exaggeration and of course me being me couldn’t sleep that…