Archives for Life
The 8:50 AC
One cannot imagine the satisfaction in spending that extra 100 Rs., even when you already have the first class pass to travel on the Mumbai Suburban. One has to experience…
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…
Aadhar becomes Niraadhar
I cannot foresee the implications of linking all my Bank a/cs, Phone numbers etc to Aadhar. But I linked most of them as soon as the government passed the mandate.…
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…
The True Significance of the Colors of Navratri
Ever since I joined the corporate world in 2009, I have come across this tradition of wearing different colored clothes, fixed for each day of Navratri. The people in human…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…