Ever heard of the modest-looking Loofah, also called Luffa. It is a simple bath accessory used since time immemorial to clean and exfoliate the skin. This belongs to the cucumber family. Earlier people thought it was got from the sea, made of sea sponge due to their spongy nature. But these are dried gourds obtained […]
Reality of Refrigerators
Refrigerators are just like those flats which builders sell us. There is a super built-up area and then there is a carpet area. Super built-up area is something the seller lures you with. Carpet area is something which you finally get to use, which leaves you a bit disappointed and you end up cursing nobody else but your poor miyan for […]
HER PROFOUND SOJOURN
Celebrations! Baby girl arrivingA piece of heaven descending Upon ecstatic parents who are waiting Cooing, smiling and her eyes shining How euphoric and rewarding! n parental tenderness, blooming beautifully Inherent virtues, flourishing favourablyBuoyantly vibrant teenager, metamorphosing magically Lithe, lively lady moulding, unfolding gracefully How breathlessly beautiful, this transition so suddenly! Deft, determined lady emerging on […]
Why Deprecate Women
Why Deprecate WomenThere she stood with her magic wand,As the cheerleader of the band.Seeing her in the non-battered pose,Could make your blood flow from your nose.And you thought you could shatter her dream,“Have you lost”, said she, like a society creme. Dare you come near her cave,So better behave.You’ll be lost under her spell,All you’ll […]
Trip down the memory lane
I relish my childhood days and I think I had the best time of my life during my childhood. Those were the golden days. Coming to this Janmashtami my memories again goes long way many years back in the 80s……. I used to live in the Chandralok Hydel colony. On Janmashtami day the whole day […]
Music Mania in the Eighties
Listening to music has been an integral part of my life since childhood. Music to me is like breathing, as one can’t stop breathing one can’t stop listening to music. Music is said to be the medicine of the mind and I come from a family of music maniacs. Each of us has our taste […]
Darr ke Aagey Dosa hae
It was a day of my triumph. Triumph over my long drawn anxieties, my hesitations, the twenty-year-old nagging fear, “tum sa na hoga”. Maine woh kar dikhaya jo main sochtee thee possible hee nahin hae. Although, we are moms and the undeniable fact remains that “Jab hum karne pe aata hain to koi mai ka […]
Humaare Hawadar Palazzos!!
Humaare Hawadar Palazzos!! God has made all kinds of seasons and designers all kinds of garments to compliment those seasons. No no I am not talking Manish Malhotras or Abu Jaani kind of designers. They have only one design for us women and that’s a saree with backless neckless, I mean everything less BLOUSE. Even […]
When I tried grounding my son
According to me, there could be three reasons for not being able to ground your child ever: 1. Your child is too good a child to be grounded. He is obedient. He is independent and doesn’t suck your blood. He is good at all the things you want him to be (yes it’s always about […]
The Broken Mirror
I had just come out of the room when I heard a loud thud. Inquisitively I walked back in. There, what met my sight was unbelievable! Thousands of tiny pieces strewn all across the room, some heaped onto each other as if swept by a powerful force, some flung far isolatedly into the corners. The […]