Monthly Archives: May 2011

How many of the books from this list have you read? http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml My tally is at 54, and I love that Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree is there. It was one of my favourite books through childhood, and I … Continue reading →

A dear friend from London sent me this picture of a very sleek Catherine meeting Mrs Obama, to show me the 175 pound nude sheath dress Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge wore from a High Street Brand called Reiss, which … Continue reading →

Bleed For Me By Michael Robotham Sphere (Hachette India) Rs 295 This book starts off innocuously as any crime fiction might, and then gets right to the business of sucking you in as a reader as any good crime fiction … Continue reading →

As decided by Devapriya Roy, Author of The Vague Woman’s Handbook are Aneela Babar, MonikaManchanda, The Mad Momma, Ritu Lalit, Mona and Vanshika. Here’s what Devapriya wrote (reposting it because it got lost in the looooooong comment trail on that … Continue reading →

This Indiblogger contest was just the kick on the butt that I needed to activate myself and write out a post, and yes, the Rs 1 lakh prize money on offer was a heck of a well planted, forceful kick. … Continue reading →

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet By David Mitchell In this story about the clash of cultures, a Dutch pastor’s son, Jacob is working in the Dutch East India company and is stationed in Japan at the end of … Continue reading →

…this must be my lucky month! The vivacious, warm, generous, absolutely intimidatingly brilliant Monika (who blogs at http://www.monikamanchanda.wordpress.com) awarded me this! I could get quite used to this winning of blogging awards. I could get a head so swollen that … Continue reading →

And no, its not what you’re thinking. Read this wonderful speech by noted trader Paul Tudor Jones on Failure. Something everyone experiences. Something that no one talks about. I’ve encountered failure. I’m sure you have too. All of us encounter … Continue reading →

Read this: A Toronto cop tells a group of university students to stop dressing like sluts to prevent being raped. Eh? Did I hear right? Not that I am an advocate of dressing like a slut, in fact I lived … Continue reading →

The Vita Nude sling back from Jimmy Choo paired with the Rosabel And if I could ignore the fact that I needed to be ten kilos lighter, I would wear them with this white crocheted Anna Sui dress: Is Santa … Continue reading →