This post has been languishing in my drafts for months, like many others. Today is one of those days when I am blissfully unaware of anythin...

Can one make excuses for slacking off? Can those be accepted as valid? When I look back on the last month, I can recollect smiling and grumb...

You left us a year ago, but I still miss you... I always will. RIP, dearest Aaji.

When you have guests over for a lunch or dinner, what is the common dessert that comes to your mind? What did your Mom make? Let me simplify...

While I was a easygoing, fun loving, bubbly child, I had one big flaw, I had (and still have ) an evil temper. I was far likely to fly off t...

When I last blogged, I had no idea I was about to go on a break, a forced one, I must mention. Our old faithful ( laptop) valiantly survived...

When I first visited Peoria, a small city in Illinois, I had no idea and no wish to call it home. I was happy and content living in Los An...

How often have you seen a child straining at his/ her Mother's hand and demanding something .. anything?  How often have you done that a...

Four cousins sat in a line with ' kelichi pana'  (Banana leaf used as plates) and chanted, " toop, mith, bhaat....... toop, mit...

My Mother makes this AMAZING chutney . Have I said that before ?? Well, then this is another AMAZING chutney she makes.  This is a must in e...