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August memories 26 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
August is drawing to a close, bearing with it reminders of Augusts past. This year, it feels like a month of loss, many times over......... My mother's birthday, on Independence Day. She would have ...
The hypocrisy of the lazy morning walkers 20 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
We walk early, K and I, Our alarms going off at five a.m. And we meet somewhere on our route And catch up with each other's lives Trying to manage to walk five days a week. But most mornings, we peer...
The Dinosaur is Happy! 18 Aug 2013 | 11:54 am
I spent about three weeks without my trusty desktop computer. Life was no fun. I can access e-mails on my mobile phone. I can read a lot of stuff on the iPad. I even wrote my last blogpost on the iPad...
Book Review: The Man With Many Hats 3 Aug 2013 | 10:11 am
The Man With Many Hats begins with a delightful account of a childhood with an amazingly warm and generous man for a father. It speaks of life in Kolkata in the fifties and the sixties, and the unique...
A Conspiracy of Silence 26 Jul 2013 | 10:39 pm
Mornings in our house mean music, especially at the time that I'm making breakfast and the SRE's packed lunch. In the good old days when Worldspace existed, our radio was perched on the sideboard in t...
In which the SRE goofs !!!!!! 15 Jul 2013 | 02:19 pm
He doesn't know it yet, but the Sometimes Resident Engineer has blundered....... Washing machines are a great blessing and a boon, but they do require a little care in using them, or you may end up w...
In which the SRE is very concerned 8 Jul 2013 | 10:32 pm
On our recent trip to Kerala, (where the SRE was working and I was holidaying with friends), we had a little weekend getaway to Kumarakom. As we entered the resort we saw several trees laden with hug...
After the Storm: Book Review 2 Jul 2013 | 09:21 am
After the Storm, Sangeeta Bhargava's second novel, is set in the latter part of the British rule in India. It opens in 1941, when Mili (Malavika Singh), princess of Mohanagar, is allowed to go to boar...
Promises, promises 21 Jun 2013 | 11:48 am
To myself, mostly! That I have so much to share and no time to do so. I will blog lots, soon.
Triplets? 7 Jun 2013 | 09:17 am
This morning, Not my regular route three Lhasa apsos on a triple leash (One with her(?) fur tied up in a little fountain on the top of her head) all trotting along in synchrony. Happiness!
