As is evident from my header image, am extremely vain, critical, self centred and image obsessed. Also a devoted mother and wife and daughter. My five year old is the love of my life, and my husband has sadly been relegated to second place since his arrival. Live in Mumbai. Live to eat and shop and read. Once upon a time I had a career as a journalist. Now I am a kept woman.
Ctrl + C is so not on
Thirtysixandcounting by Kiran Manral is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India License.
My other baby
Recent Comments
 | Priyanka on How can you raise your hand on… |
 | Chanda on Tips, tips, folks have sa… |
 | Aarabi on Tips, tips, folks have sa… |
 | Bhavna on Tips, tips, folks have sa… |
 | anon on How can you raise your hand on… |
Found ur blog thru MM’s.. U look incredible for 36!
Tell your husband to stop biting his nails…
Hey Kiran ..Have known you always ..will discover the other side of you here:)
I started blogging two months ago. Reached here through….I think, ‘Three Drinks Ahead’. I have only read ‘Weekend at the mall,of course.’ yet. Lovely blog, adding it to the list of blogs I read…my blogroll.
Am honoured and flattered. Thanks for dropping by.
hi kiran,
this is gopi and i went thru your personal blog which is nice to read along. it will be nice if you visit my site http://bookfundas.com which is a blog that provides free ebook download links, dedicated for all students and youth belongs to engineering, medical, IIT aspirants, Novel lovers and many more… and hope you will also like my website. if so, then kindly add my site link also in your blog thereby helping the students to find the ebooks totally free for their education . I will be thankful to you…
Regards,
Gopi
Ha ha ha ha ha i love the last line. you sure are a witty person
Hi..
I like your wit and thoughts! Nice Blog!!
That is you in the header..i’ll takee it at 36
very interesting….u have d words…and expression….no one can keep u…i mean hold u….well..i have a publication on apparel/fashion( B2B)..from bombay…y dont u contribute on freelance basis…thou still being kept at home..hehehheh
cheers!
SANJAY CHAWLA
i am in love.
with you.
sounds creepy?
please not let it.
i mean, i love your attitude, writing, and not to mention, the picture too. you’re the only person besides me who has their own picture in the header but i went even more steps further … u’ll hve to come look. :p
Hello Kiran,
I liked your blog very much. You write very well. I am giving you a tip. I have created a new website (http://www.freeinindia.com) for free things in India. The site contains genuine things that are free in India. It may be anything like- Free accommodation, Photo Prints, SMS, DVD rental etc (I do not put any adult material).
Please have a look. I hope you will find it interesting enough to mention on your site.
thanks,
FreeinIndia
Hahha …
Intro speaks for you (last line oops) …like to see more from this one time journalist.
-Karthi
I don’t know where I found your blog. All I came here to say was you are not looking like 36 AT ALL!
You honestly look like that you would be somewhere between 23-26.
This is the oldest and the best picture I have of my self. So dont go by it. I was probably that old when it was clicked.
Hi there,
I amd 30 and still counting!! well, i liked your blog, that’s why i wanted to leave a comment. Interestingly, i arrived at your blog trying to see how to wear a saree!! And then i read several posts in one go. good work, all the best for new posts!
charlotte
You are funny.. cool blog!
Kanan: Thankee
K!!!! It’s me!! Hello, hello! Just hang on a minute, will ya, while I drag over a stool to stand on and announce that all the stuff about being overweight and wrinkly is unadulterated bunkum. Bah! There. I’m done now.
Oh no, my secret is out. ;p
hi,
can i have ur email id for a story that I am doing on the cosmetic industry. Has been following your blog regularly so thought maybe you could give me some quotes on shopping during the gloom period. Please write back on my email id.
Hi,
I have been living abroad since high school days and am in Bombay for a holiday with hubby. Well this was my first holi in ages and though it was fun overall – i guess i am still to recover from the amount and EXTENT of groping i underwent yest…And all this happens as a given – i saw other ladies being groped too…its a given…I was dressed normally in tights and loose top( guess it shud have been tight)…but the extent to which i was groped (i had hands under my top) was shocking….
Is this a norm??? you mentioned it in your blog which i came across while surfing…..thot i wud write to u….have u had similar experiences too????
Well, not anymore. It is not a given anymore. At least the housing complex we live in, the men do not play Holi with women other than those from their immediate family.
Hey,
I came across your blog on Labnol’s India Blogs list. We are trying to build an Indian community (http://YoSamosa.com) that is vocal around a range of topics. We strongly believe that the future of publishing is crowdsourced where content is published on a distributed network of blogs.
For now the community is exclusive and by invite only. I’m sending out the third set of invites to bloggers who might want to utilize this platform for promoting their posts. As the community grows it could expose your blog to a large user base interested in your writings.
Follow this link: http://www.yosamosa.com/?xgi=b5UNX4L
Cheers
BN
PS: Become active on the discussion forums to get visibility. People will start adding your RSS to their pages.
hi,
hope u r doing great….the way u write makes it a nice reading…kudos..
tc
Ajit
Thanks Ajit.
Hi,
Found ur blog in a daily….could’nt agree more with Rashmi. At 36 u look very appealing. Kudos. Hope ur blog’ll b nice reading.
anindo, thats an old picture. The years have not been kind…..thanks for dropping by.
Hey Kiran,
Hope your brat’s better now.
For some reason I can’t access the karmic kids blog here at work. and cannot find your email address.
Hugs & Healthy vibes to the little brat.
x
Broom
Hey Broom, just saw this. He’s okay now, touchwood…thanks dear.
You should use categories and tags while blogging. That way it would have been easier browsing the blog!
I should? My blog is freeflowing and disorganised like I am.
your blog is an inspiration to me and my gang of old women cronies. Hooray to you and more power to you!
Thanks Ahalya….keep dropping by..
May God and the Son of God, Jesus Christ, have mercy on your Pagan soul.
L, STeve
And may the same god have mercy on you and give you a life.
Oh Jesus! Have mercy on your PAGAN soul? Really?
Randomly chanced upon ur blog… a good narrative style of writing… Good job
Keep it up
Hehe. You definitely don’t look 36. Must be your pagan nature:P Man, that guy must hate his life.What a dip.
Jesa: Thanks for stopping by…Yup, paganism is highly recommended for eternal youthfulness
Landed here with some blog-hopping and am I thrilled! It’s long since I ‘discovered’ some great writing. Will get back to tomorrow to read the archives
Thank you, keep coming back.