Diwali

What I always liked about Diwali – apart from the good food, of course – was the lights. I liked the idea of decorating the house with candles or diyas. This was even before I knew the significance of it. What significance? Well, two that I am aware of. One, the houses were lit up [...]

On Childhood

Oh, the happy days of childhood.

Now, I am not one of those who believe that childhood was a period of unbridled bliss. I remember perfectly well the terrors and tears and finding out the hard way what was right and what was not, what would work and what would not, [...]

Almost Drowned

It rained hard that afternoon. I watched the rain coming down in sheets, and thought that it would probably stop by the time we left office (ITPL) at 5.30 to catch our shuttles home.

It did. Except for heavy traffic on the roads, the journey home was uneventful. Three of us got [...]

The Joys of Exercising

Imagine snuggling in bed, curling up with someone under a cozy blanket at 6 o’clock on a slightly chilly, rainy morning. Isn’t it the most wonderful thing in the world?

Now imagine the wretched alarm going off. First at 6, then at 6.15, then at 6.30! I feel like just destroying the [...]

Dieting, Cup-cakes, Computers, and Ants

An office shuttle conveys me 20-odd km to my workplace every day. The two km trek (over the untarred roads of Koramangala) from the pick-up (or drop-off, if you prefer) point to my doorstep is achieved on foot. This exciting path takes me past an uncovered drain (which serves as the local toilet), cows and [...]

Poltergeist

Help! There’s a poltergeist in my house!!!
First let me assure you that I am a non-believer in such things. Not a very firm non-believer, it is true, but a skeptic nonetheless. It is sometimes very tempting to allow oneself to believe in such romantic notions, but somehow one’s [...]