Category: Life

Snapshots of this humble life

The 8:50 AC

It’s this time of the day when you thank the government and the railways ministry for the most luxurious mode of commute provided to you till date.

The Mumbai Shopping Festival

A Treat Like Never Before Mumbaiites!! You are set to witness a mega spectacle at the start of the year. Something that has happened never before. Be ready to host and enjoy, The Mumbai Shopping Festival!! Yes, forget Dubai. Save…

Aadhar becomes Niraadhar

Sir, you card is from another circle(Mumbai) and we are in Maharashtra circle, we can’t link your Aadhar here…………Sir, the thing is, to link your Aadhar, all your information should match, but your DOB is not matching. So the we can’t link it. You can fill up a form to convert this number to postpaid

The Butterfly Effect

Wikipedia defines the butterfly effect as the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state[sic]. The 2004 Sci-fi thriller movie of…

The Face of Innocence

Ding ding ding ding…..The familiar sound of ice gola cart is typical to Indian summers. As kids, we waited with patience, and small change, for the arrival of this saviour from heat, refrigerators being a luxury in those days, afforded…

The Art of Cooking

We eat. So we cook. There is no better explanation to it. Ever since man invented fire, the subsequent improvement in taste upon roasting over open fire fascinated man and he developed it to what we called as modern cooking.…

Love Story Coming True

It was my first love affair. That was 10 years back. I had never wanted anything else in my life. But circumstances/influence of stars can force you into acting against your wishes. So in line with the wishes of my…

The Suburban Ordeal

Few of my previous posts were dedicated to the Mumbai Suburban Commuter Trains or “Local” as they are referred to in Mumbai. One of them highlights the snobbish “high class passenger” behavior by “the elite” travelling in the first class…

A Short Break

Its been a long time since I took a vacation with my family and this summer, with my kids being more than 1 & 1/2 years old, I dared to take a short one. My brother in law(Leo) and his…