When I was growing up, Olympics and sports were limited to the general knowledge quizzes I was made to participate. Beyond a few questions and the latest news items, I never needed more. Not that it was a girls’ thing but physical activity was never an area of interest in my world. A couple of smashes … More Lessons from the Rio Olympics
I remember faces. When I meet people, their faces stay with me. To an extent that I feel I am solving a puzzle by finding resemblances. It’s a good thing cos I can almost instantly recognize people when I meet them for the second time. However, not all of the memory is for good. If … More Selfie with a celebrity
It was a long hectic day. I reached home and plugged in the laptop. I had been working non-stop since the morning. At home as well, the story was no different. There were unread emails, project updates and a lot of pending follow-up notes from the meetings I attended during the day, that needed my … More A hectic day and my kitchen window
Every evening after work when I walk towards home, I see two girls. These two teenage girls live nearby and I know them as much as you would know someone living in the same locality. I don’t know their names but I know that they have been friends for a long time. After school along … More Two Girls In My Neighborhood
It was a cold December afternoon. Sixty hearts were pounding with nervousness and throats had gone dry even without the Sun outside. A day before, sixty students had taken written tests and then a couple who had made through the written test had appeared in two rounds of interview – Technical and HR. The results were being read out that afternoon … More It was 19th December, 2005..
I don’t remember when I got “Letter from Peking” from Azamgarh and when was the first time I read the book. It’s not my book but my Papa’s and looking at the pages of the book that have turned yellow with time, it seems it should be easily 30 years old. Or may be more. It … More Letter from Peking – Not just a book
A friend of mine is getting married and I have been accompanying her for many things related to planning and like wise. One important thing on the list was fixing a salon for her. We went to a couple of major brands and since I am not very knowledgeable in this field, feeling out-of-place was my first … More The make-me-look-beautiful business
First it was online shopping and then banking. Then the super slow Indian Railways also jumped in with their white and blue website. That time, it was all on the computer. Create an account, enter your mail id and receive notifications. Log in when you want to buy, book tickets or transfer funds. All with the … More The ‘App’ of All Things
happiness and food 