I'd caught up with a friend for a belated celebration of her birthday at a kiddy place house-cum cafe. She's specifically kept it in a child-friendly place so the moms would be able to take their eyes off their offspring and just kick back and relax. Erm...yeah. Sure. Why not? It wasn't a complete disaster... Continue Reading →
Terrors Closer To Home
There' s no denying the utter unspeakability of the things happening to the people of Gaza. And the families of the people who have lost loved ones to the Malaysian Airlines disasters. Tragedies in every sense of the word. The civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the daily civilian casualties I mean.And yet when things happen... Continue Reading →
Electrified Alphabets
Travails of a mom to a rapidly growing kindergarten kid. Life will never be the same again.
Things Fall Apart Circa 2014
We read Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart as a foil to The Heart Of Darkness in college. But the name of Achebe's novel has become highly prophetic especially as a testimony to the times we live in. The way I see it, the horrific incident in 2012 December just opened the floodgates for the reportage of... Continue Reading →
Unending Home Improvement
I remember watching Bob Vila commercials during my few years in US. And after that Tim Allen's Home Improvement. So my idea of home improvement is something that usually be tackled with wrenches, spackle et al We've experienced hiccups, big and small, in the new house almost right from before we moved in and it's been tough... Continue Reading →
How To Tell A Child Lives In A House
Well most parents who're reading this are going-DUH! But for the uninitiated and those who just "love" kids, here are some telltale signs that a mini-adult inhabits a particular dwelling. Here we go- There are mini shoes/flipflops/socks dotting the entrance of the house/apartment. The surface of the house is kind of glossy. Upon closer examination... Continue Reading →
Waterloo: Circa 2014
Ordinarily I am a card-carrying agnostic but today I am ready to drop to my knees and give thanks to the Galactic Amoeba if it means that MLM will conk off early and give me a wide berth before he does so. Today has been mind-numbingly exhausting and I have begun to think that I've... Continue Reading →
The Universe Strikes Back
If you believe in karma that is. Else you can just believe in bad luck or stoically soldier through life's tough spots. A specific group of people across the world, who are strangers to each other but actually united in their erm..."difficulties" are the parents to preschoolers. I believe they cease to be group members... Continue Reading →
Mens Vs. Women: The Eternal Conundrum
OK people, be prepared for an out and out rant today. There's a global phenomenon that men laugh and also mutter oaths about- The Woman Driver. The way this paragon of road (un)worthiness is portrayed you'd think she was a combination of a sloth or a slug who was inching forward in traffic while other... Continue Reading →
Random. Structured. Haphazard. All Me. 