Category: Read about my escapades!

I am writing this on the flight from Kolkata to Manchester. What memories this brings back. When I got married I was allowed to go to my parents house once a year so after I had my children I would always coincide this with their summer holidays which used to be the longest break in…

I would like to think that I am quite an organised person and my go to in this regard are my lists. Now whether this is due to my advancing years or what, I don’t know but I find that I really need to write things down to remember anything. Mind you, I have been…

It is quite a transition for all girls when they first get married but even more so for me. Imagine that I had lived in Manchester for over 21 years, studied there, worked in a Research Institute for about 2 years and then I am uprooted and moved to Calcutta. When my father was looking…

This film is based on the true story of Murlikant Petkar who was the first Indian sportsperson to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Heidelberg Germany. Petkar faces adversities right from when he was a young boy from his father, his teacher, his classmates and in fact pretty much everyone he encounters.…

I have written earlier about my passion for football… I actually played a lot of sports from when I was in school. I was in our school hockey team and netball team and have tried my hand at a whole number of other sports from swimming to tennis to squash. However one game which I…

Before I was born my father went to Manchester with very little money but big dreams and the desire to work hard and start a business. Little did he know that he would set up a business empire and gradually settle his brothers and their families in Manchester with him. After I was about 6…

A whole new world opens up when your grandchildren are born. I mean it was very exciting when your children were born but you yourself were so young ( in my case 24), you weren’t long into married life, you were still not over the partying stage… it was in fact quite overwhelming. Now comes…

This is the story of Nakul (Harshvardhan Rane) and Savi(Divya Khosla Kumar), and their son Adi. They are a young family living in Liverpool, England and Nakul is convicted of killing his boss in a revenge crime and sentenced to life imprisonment in jail. Savi believes in his innocence and formulates a plan to help…

I was watching the final of the FA Cup being played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night between Manchester United and Manchester City. Now they are arch rivals so it is literally your reputation at stake so emotions are high. Watching this match brought back a flood of memories from my youth which I would…