Blowing the conch
Home, after a memorable sun-n-sand wedding, is the right place to ruminate on the events, excitement and experiences of that outing. ...
21 Jan 2019
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02 Nov 2018
Age+courage+choice
I was in Kolkata last month. A tiny trip with my sister. Having her undiluted company for three days, was an absolute treat. Both of us, in different cities with different career...
15 Sep 2018
Getting the act together
While the summer months tried to incinerate us, while the monsoons tried to dissolve all good intentions, while this year zoomed past in a series of trips and tours, the knitters...
01 Sep 2018
A Cheetah at home
Since endangered species cannot be domesticated in flats, it was decided that this darling pet be named Cheetah. All those hilariou...
03 Aug 2018
Monsoon months…July
July, August and September,the months sandwiched between tourists and festivals, top the list of "good months in Ranikhet". Six year...
02 Jul 2018
Never on a Sunday
Sundays are about getting a quiet, slightly dusty house to myself...making 14 to 18 rotis for the dogs...checking out the trees and the forest trails for a couple of hours or more...and then, working ...
13 Jun 2018
Another adieu
It's a truth universally acknowledged, that beloved dogs leave their adoring humans and trot across the rainbow bridge to become memories. The humans deal with their loss by talking and sharing, by vo...
29 May 2018
While I was knitting
These socks… Cast the first sock with this soft variegated yarn from Norway. I love friends who remember my fascination with self st...
21 May 2018
Tricky knitting
Blends of silk and wool fibres, dyed in varying bands of gorgeous colour, loosely spun and plied into soft balls—they call out to a knitter, just like the smell of freshly brewed...
27 Apr 2018
Vipassna days…just 10 of them!
A small collection of low buildings shoved into the forest edge…a dry river bed snaking its way down the green and orange hills…bird song and whooping monkeys all around me, but not a soul to be seen....