Category: Read about my escapades!

I had head about the game Mahjong but in my mind I always envisaged it being played by  old wizened Chinese women in the small lanes of China Town. Little did I know that looks are definitely deceptive and it takes a lot of strategy, cunning and of course luck to master this game.  A…

Happy Birthday to my darling daughter Rashi!!! There is a saying “another year older another year wiser”… well I can say yes to the first but I’m not sure about the second!!! All I can surely say is that my love for you just keeps growing and growing. Love is not like pouring water into…

So, Vivek and Rashi are both married. Both have 2 children each and Aradhana has one little boy and hoping she will have a little girl along the line…. I thought my family is complete. 3 sons, 3 daughters, 3 grandsons and 3 granddaughters…..perfect!! Little did I know.  Siya has totally gone on her Bhua.…

I never had any pets when I was growing up….woe betide anyone even thinking of getting a dog….my mother was much too houseproud to even think of any animal dirtying her threshold!!! The nearest I got to a dog was our next door neighbour Aunty Riley who had a poodle, named Paddy, that was her…

Saiyaara… We went to see like the third film in the week and in fact, more than me, it’s Vinay who has suddenly taken a liking to films especially my writing my reviews. I think a lot of people mention them to him (since he has no idea about FB or Insta!!!) and he starts…

Metro In Dino…. After watching Maalik on Sunday I needed to see something that would not put me off Bollywood forever and this film Metro In Dino did just that. I was so keen to see the film I thought I would do a first and go on my own … I really don’t see…

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…