Any mother will eventually admit to this- they love their kids the most when the children are either asleep or doing something that doesn't require them (the moms) to be an active participant all the time. See the thing with kids is this- you are doing things with them, for them, watching them do things... Continue Reading →
Movie Review: Gone Girl
I don't get to go out too often and watch movies. But when I do and it turns out to be for a movie like Gone Girl, it is totally worth it. Btw, the link contains the spoiler too, so read it only if you aren't planning to go see the movie. This movie will appeal... Continue Reading →
Ban The Man?
The latest news about atrocities against women has gained quite a bit of momentum. The incident happened in Hyderabad and in a hostel no less. And that's why the decisions taken by the university management really goaded me to write; since I was a boarder in a hostel when I was at a University. Apparently the... Continue Reading →
The Apartment Turns A Year Old
We will be completing a year in the new place or in the "new house" as MLM still calls it. He's very clear it isn't 'home' but the new house but I know it's become home for us all. I took the longest to settle in of the three of us. Red and the brat... Continue Reading →
The Perils of Callow Youth
I don't know what has changed me more: growing up didn't do much but becoming a parent sure did. And hearing about what goes on in the world around us on a daily basis is one shocker after another. This post may make me sound over the hill and preachy but it still stands because... Continue Reading →
Kids: The Beauty Of The Little People
Witnessed two separate instances of candid and unadulterated (excuse the pun) kiddy behavior yesterday. Enjoy reading about them. I enjoyed experiencing them: Scenario 1: Last evening at the play area MLM and another little friend of his got into a tiff which seemed to be escalating to epic proportions. Well epic differs from people to... Continue Reading →
The Therapy Behind The Retail
I can squeeze every last drop of therapy from retail therapy. Especially the online kind. Here's why it's fairly harmless and here are its benefits (and this is a prime example of Freud's rationalization) : If we really wanted to buy things, we'd go physically instead of cozying up with the laptop or some annoying... Continue Reading →
Parenting Diaries: Lying…When To Be Concerned
MLM by and large is a fairly manageable child. He's NOT docile neither does he stop and listen every single time but he's not been sneaky or sly very often. He celebrated his 5th birthday over the weekend and I found some of the toys brought out during the party had suspicious chunks taken out... Continue Reading →
The Sitar Diaries- The Good Stuff
The previous blogs have boiled down to this one- what to play on a sitar. Rather what is usually played. If it so pleases people I suppose they could play Pink Floyd as well but the compositions which have been around for centuries are usually based on something called Swar (the notes Sa Re Ga... Continue Reading →
The Sitar Diaries-Genesis&Evolution
The sitar is a string-instrument which is primarily played in Hindustani and Carnatic modes. It has strings made with steel and the sound is produced by striking at the strings while wearing an implement called a mizrab and simultaneously flexing the right hand palm open or shut whereas the left hand presses down on a particular... Continue Reading →
Random. Structured. Haphazard. All Me. 