Welcome to the November Thanksgiving Special of our monthly Gratitude Circle bloghop! The city I live in blesses us with regular doses of allergens and the ‘flu or some version of it, the upshot of it being regular doses of sickness. We take it in our stride, just like our doctors,…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
The Ruby Iyer Diaries by Laxmi Hariharan The Book Blurb The prequel to The Many Lives of Ruby Iyer: This is a peek into the soul of an angry, young girl, who will come of age in a city on the verge of total annihilation. If you have read Many Live…
Last Friday, in the middle of feeling rather awful, physically, I was forced to step out to visit the insurance office to sort something out. Now it isn’t as though I have a problem with that – but the flu can be a real lethargy driver. Anyway, I did go and…
My Grandmother was undeniably #madeofgreat It is true we meet people throughout our lives, people who make an impact on us and shape us into who we are. But there’s always one person who tops the list and for me, that place is shared by my Grandmother and my Mother. In spite…
When I saw that video from Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund, I couldn’t help smiling at the way the man actually wrote a note to ask the girl out for coffee and passed it on, rather than simply texting her and getting an instant response. Gone are the days when we have…
There’s not a day I am not thankful that I didn’t find the job I wanted, the one was trained for and loved and was skilled at – sixteen years ago. But wait – that’s such a vague statement. Some backstory would be handy here, eh? Back in 1997, I decided…
Karmic Kids The Story of Parenting Nobody Told You! by Kiran Manral Book Synopsis Move aside Tiger Mom and forget Helicopter Parenting, Karmickids is the view from the other side of the fence – of laid back parenting, of giving in to food jags, of making unstructured play time mandatory and…