Winter and its paradoxes
There are these warm, bright, sunny, short days...... and the cold, dark, long nights. The appetite is enormous, the ability to digest anything ( from ghee soaked parathas to gourmet sizzlers) is imp...
21 Nov 2014
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17 Nov 2014
Doggy update
With crispy cold mornings, cobalt blue skies and bone-warming sunshine, winter is really and truly here. Its that season when I can schedule “soaking the sun” as an important activity for the day. Th...
15 Nov 2014
Phone calls
This week, 3 phone conversations have replayed endlessly in my mind. Two of them were in a similar vein, while the other one was diametrically opposite. The similar ones were from two women statione...
10 Nov 2014
Finishitupitis
A blessed affliction. a welcome ailment..a week-long virus which kept me up and about! With blushing dawns peeping through the window, and the glorious winter sun streaming into my room, the desir...
04 Nov 2014
Thinking of moving to the hills?
Downsizing and moving to the hills happened about three years ago. These 30 months have brought many people into my life. And these people have shared their questions and dreams with me—at the golf co...
01 Nov 2014
The joy of ……emails
The weekend begins today…Working from home blurs the edges of the work week and sometimes, Sunday just jumps out of the shadows and into my schedule when I am still in Thursday or Tuesday. It’s the on...
30 Oct 2014
Third time lucky
There’s a lot to be said for persistence and perseverance… in relationships, learning, gardening, and of course, in knitting. A favorite design, admired for many years and knitted many a time, has be...
27 Oct 2014
Complete
Decades ago, during days of medical training, the operation theater was my favorite haunt. I was drawn to its separate, systematic and sterile atmosphere. Surgeons and their staff in their green unifo...
24 Oct 2014
For the love of the hills
I visited a new young friend in Ranikhet. She lives in a sunny cottage with these huge windows to let the Himalayan view into her bed and in front of her work station. She lives with her 94 year old ...
22 Oct 2014
From Market to Mela
While my big city friends handle long traffic jams, crowded shops and malls, and frazzled tempers in the run up to Diwali, we small hill hamlet folks jump into our annual, ultimate party . The party ...