The Hamlet

This month is earmarked for weddings. The groom and his gang will travel in buses and cars to bring home the bride. Every bus( new or rackety), every taxi ( small or big)will be booked and the local f...

Red and yellow have been knitted with…pink and magenta have been admired …blue and green have been savored…This summer day however, has been made for the color grey. Grey seeps into every shade and ti...

27 years old...that was me, when my daughter entered my life and we started on that amazing journey called motherhood. A year and 7 months later, my little one joined us and added some much needed bal...

A few nights ago, I woke up at 1 am, padded across to the other bedroom, dragged a quilt across and snuggled back to sleep in that soft and cosy combination of quilt and coverlet. The dogs heaved a si...

Saturday dawned bright and early. For once, the snooze button was ignored and we got to see a blue grey-to-rose pink-to-sunny orange-to-early morning sky. Resolved to wake up at 5 am this summer, comp...

The crown jewel of our home-the one object which makes visitors exclaim and admire-the vantage point for soaking in the forest – the second most photographed item in the hamlet (the dogs, undeniably, ...

Our apartments face a wide and flat field. It has been carved out of the jungle and is surrounded by brooding deodar trees, thick mixed forest growth and the requisite tall pine and juniper trees.

I am so, so pleased with myself for coining that caption!! Well, when its a good life and a bright day, inspiration comes knocking when you least expect it.  I was walking past the laptop, new knittin...

Delhi is a beautiful city. Spring is her best fashion designer, adding bright hues to the landscape, green highlights to the skyscape, and smiles to the humanscape.  Summer is still waiting on the sid...

The first sign of spring in our hills…the yellow jasmine shrubs blossom in abundance. Six months of layering clothes, donning a cap at bedtime, blessing electric blankets and heaters, climbing into a...