Category: Read about my escapades!

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 locate where the bottles were kept so that she could just get up and fetch it herself rather than have to ask for one. My…

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 of weeks ago one never imagined that he would leave so soon. It came as a huge shock and great sadness but I suppose the…

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 one do when faced with such temptations? So when my daughter Rashi suggested we go for a detox to Atmantan I agreed with great alacrity…

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 mother was a cleanliness freak and she would start feverishly cleaning the whole house, the cupboards and sorting through our clothes to remove anything that…

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, and a select few on each of the atolls are resorts and some of the islands are used for industry and agriculture. The beauty of…

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  Rajasthan during the Puja holidays. We used to have a huge family reunion and this extended to three generations from Vinay’s grandmother to his uncles,…

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 fascinating!!! There will always be a group of fashionable ladies having their kitty parties. Now as soon as they all meet everyone gives each other…

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 migraines since before I got married and when I get an acute one I would have a throbbing headache, puke my guts out and just…

I was sitting with friends over our customary adda of putting the world to right, eradicating poverty and what to have for dinner! Then of course the conversation moved to holidays and before we knew it an impromptu plan was made to go to Bangkok on a short holiday. One of my friends Praks very…

Rashi… you must be wondering what has happened to me… I normally write such lovely messages for everyone and here all I’ve done is make fun of you!!!  Ok… so I got the reaction I wanted. Screenshot of Rashi’s conversation!!! “Erm” “This isn’t my normal morning message I read“ “Normally it’s all gushing and about…