Monthly Archives: June 2011

I agree. A survey across 21 developing countries covering 6500 women tells us that while Indian women are facing the heat for wanting to juggle a career with home and hearth and traditional roles of wife and mother, they are … Continue reading →

Here. So, this, in a nutshell, is everything you already knew about me but were afraid to ask, as the book goes. http://blog.blogadda.com/2011/06/23/kiran-manral-indiahelps-thirtysixandcounting-interviewed

Yesterday. Let me take myself to a corner and weep my heart out. No seriously, I hit forty. When I was 19, I had thought forty was a good age to die. You were still young enough to make a … Continue reading →

The Redemption By William Peter Blatty Piatkus Rs 350 When I read the blurb on the cover which said that the author of this book was the person who had written The Exorcist, I was hardpressed to let the working … Continue reading →

…that some people out there are willing to listen when I talk. http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/trustlaw-danger-poll-ignites-global-debate

I was part of a discussion on the BBC World Have Your Say which spoke about India being fourth on a Thomson Reuters Foundation survey on the most dangerous countries in the world to be a woman in. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/whys/whys_20110615-1236a.mp3 I … Continue reading →

Life is what you make of it By Preeti Shenoy Published by Shristi Publications Rs 100 This book, the second by the author, starts off by taking us into a mental health care facility, where a young girl Ankita is … Continue reading →

…unless you have legs like this. And if you’re asking what she wore, here it is: A white button up romper by Equipment with a red tweed blazer by Elizabeth and James, red belt by Chanel, a gold feather motif … Continue reading →

Plugged By Eoin Colfer Headline/Hachette India Rs 499 Being a dyed in the wool (Or feather as the case might be) fan of the Artemis Fowl series, and a greater fan of the crime novel genre, Plugged reeled me from … Continue reading →

Ever since we arrived in this new house four years ago, construction had been on in full swing at the intersection a short distance away, barely a short jump off my balcony. Slowly the concrete cement blocks and iron girders … Continue reading →