Today is World Suicide Prevention day and on this day I’d like to take a moment and talk about this gem of a Bollywood movie, Chichchorre. Stay with me on this post and more so watch this movie till the epilogue song. For no matter what if you have had the great fortune of going…

Being a mother is exhilarating and exhausting if we dont also add emotionally daunting to the mix already and then it becomes equally excruciating. Enough with the e’s already you say. Well its the sleep deprivation that causes alcohol inducing traits in most of us and then the tolerance levels of painful people hits an…

Being a fish is serious work and seeing fishes is even more serious work, as I would eventually learn on my maiden trip to the Republic of Maldives! A very short flight away from Bangalore, much closer than even the national capital, I wondered why, as an ocean lover and a certified beach bum, I…

Michelle Obama is an ordinary woman on an extraordinary journey she claims in her aptly titled book. An easy read, becoming is largely endearing bringing out empathy and smiles as the ex-FLOTUS herself takes us on a journey through her life. She is the quintessential woman, one we find everywhere in the world who prioritises…

Named after a book, that literally is a tome of wisdom, books have always meant a lot to me. Reading one, writing one, writing in one, holding one, decorating one, drawing in one they have always been a part of my life. Belle of Beauty and the Beast has been my favorite disney princess, not…

Flash them all as they say let the pearlies save the day bringing the clan in the fray leaving not even one astray   the wisdom of all in the neigh comes with time and the grey not to touch upon all the play and he options to clearly weigh   there are no blacks…

To travel is to live. We travel not to escape life, but for life to not escape us. Dream, do, discover. The umpteen travel quotes or rather to travel quotes have been flooding my mailbox and making their way into my head since time immemorial. More recently flooded with Mommy-hormones, I took several journeys of…

Well technically it was a branch that whacked my 5-month old baby on the head and another twig that tore through his arm but the magnitude that had on my life was nothing short of a meteor. For starters it woke me out of my slumber, broke the massive block in my head and got…

It’s been almost half a year since my heart has been out and about beating in the chest of my little one. There is no sentence that sums the feeling of being a mother. Especially of an infant. I do hope in good time (read when the boy is married) I will be ready to…

Ten little fingers, ten little feet A smile from you is no mean feat However much you are a treat For with charm you aptly greet As you teach me to slowly lead In the offing is a steady steed For all your growing up needs And timing all your needy feeds As an epitome…