30 in 2005

After reading all the reviews on the net (very mixed) but getting one verbal recomendation from friends, V & I decided to hunt down ...

I knew there was a book called ‘Zanzibar’ before V & I had at the greatest ever vacation there in September 2004. I postponed picking u...

We recently got this e-mail from a friend of ours inviting us to come to a special screening of 2 very popular hindi movies in London, all t...

It was a busy weekend but the highlight of it was a fabulous meal of Indian-Chinese food. Chinese food in London is usually characterise...

I'm no culture vulture but I do so enjoy watching the BBC's Culture Show on BBC 1 every Thursday. Last night's episode had ...

Butter chicken is the national dish of Delhi (hahaha!). It's one of the foods I miss most from India. I got this recipe from a book and ...

Over the last few years V & I have entertained in our home on average 3 times a month. Each time it was usually a few couples for a meal...

I like to think of myself as an avid reader - most subjects, anytime - give me a good book, plonk me on something comfy, turn on some music ...

For the very few who have so far viewed my blog, and deigned to come back (thankyou thankyou!), you will notice that I've changed the te...

Today is 3 years since I came to live in London. It's my first home since V & I got married. And this morning when I woke up I remem...

Today is my cousin A's engagement to a very special girl, P. In Gurgaon, in Delhi, in India - and most of my family is enjoying it. I wi...

Just knowing that I have two full days to unwind, relax and not worry about work is the real treat for working very hard for 5 days a week! ...

I was/ am not about to put out my real name on the blog to start with or anytime soon. I like the idea of being a bit anonymous and an unkno...

My place of work conveniently closes down for two weeks at Christmas time, traditionally from the weekend before Christmas to the weekend af...

The decision to BE a blogger and not just a blog reader is not one I took lightly. I thought about things I wanted my blog to mean (for me,...

As a child my mum took me to watch an Australian circus that had come to New Delhi. I don't remember where in Delhi, what age I was or w...

Reading blogs was so much easier than owning one! I simply marked the blogs I wanted to revisit in 'favourites' and lo behold, every...

It's all over the news - that event that proved the wrath of nature is so much greater than man could ever imagine - the terrible earthq...

THIS is my first ever blogging word....... I cannot quite believe that after turning this idea around in my head for so long and dilly-dall...