Monthly Archives: April 2009

Nope, I havent voted. And this is the first time since I have turned legally an adult and therefore fully responsible for my own goof ups that I havent. Now here come the excuses. For one we’ve shifted suburbs. And … Continue reading →

Tried to reply to every comment I got over the past month or so. Please forgive me if I dont reply, am normally rushed for time, but I do love receiving comments, and am delighted when folks take time out … Continue reading →

I seriously, very seriously, was thinking about quitting blogging a couple of days ago. I had composed out my farewell post, and wrung out enough lachrymal secretions to have done Bollywood proud, and sat at the computer much in the … Continue reading →

I got this lovely tag from Itchy, and since this is one of those usual days when I have nothing buzzing in my cranium that demands to be put down on the blog of urgent imperativeness, apart from the fact … Continue reading →

A resident in the building complex we live in has a dog. Make that has one of those dogs which cant make up its mind whether it is a dog or an overgrown rodent. And is black in colour too. … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, in a life long past, I’m pretty sure I starved to death. You know, in a famine or a dungeon cell, or more likely from sucking in my paunch to have my mammy whittle it down to … Continue reading →

Crueller people call them crow’s feet. The child calls them a fan. As in, Mamma, you have fans under your eyes. Such vivid imagination. His mother’s son, after all. Get out of my way unless you want to be trampled … Continue reading →

As complete, total and irrefutable proof of my slow slide into ancient relative territory, recent trends in fashion flummox me completely. It started around the time boys went around wearing pants that were so loose at the waist, the belt … Continue reading →

I have to stop shopping. Which is not a good thing. Because it means that production of important goods like shoes and bags have to be cut down, given that their single largest consumer has withdrawn support, which in turn … Continue reading →

but badly aimed.  And well ducked. Gently, gently, the irate shoe flinger was escorted from the conference presided over by P Chidambaram, where the journalist asked Mr Chidambaram about Jagdish Tytler being given a clean chit by the CBI on his involvement … Continue reading →