30 in 2005

Courtesy impulsive decision making (one dreary Sunday night two weeks ago) and an excellent Eurostar deal, we spent the two days preceding C...

I bet you thought my Calcutta One was the last of my reminiscing posts about our trip to India over Diwali. Not so. After all I have yet to ...

I have not been to the gym since Friday (no no don’t groan or despair just yet) and as something of an addict now (ohmigod I have put on 100...

No trip to a parent’s home is ever long enough once you live overseas. And our 10 day trips to India are fraught with tension in the plannin...

Five years ago this day the day dawned bright and blue skied. In one Kolkata household the Groom got ready, resplendent in his wedding cloth...

Only one thing gives me the will to wake up on a Monday morning and trudge to the gym and then to work - it is the prospect of a weekend in ...

Food is a big part of my life and an even bigger part of holidays in India. While I live in London I spend an unholy amount of time thinking...

When asked where I am from I usually describe myself as a Delhi-ite. I spent the better part of my growing up years in Delhi. School and the...

Forgive the language. I am so pissed off by this whole Madonna adoption vs Media row. I have many points, and some of them will probably con...

They do it to fool you into complacency. Check-in is 15 steps away from security check and there is no customs and immigration after, just t...

I'm in India, holidaying and holidaying. I'm having too much fun to write. Just yet. Also the internet connection is simply appallin...

As far back as my memory goes my mother has celebrated karva chauth at her cousin’s home in Delhi, with her cousin sister in-law (my maiji ...

Once upon a time, nearly every Friday evening, 31 and V used to come home from a hard days work, get changed, maybe have a drink and then he...

Week five I’m still the exact same weight as when I started. Not one ounce less. But four completed weeks on, I am still motivated enough to...

Wouldn't it be cool if this was because someone read what I wrote about their warehouse of hideousness, idiot design, rubbish customer ...

The weekend was calm and relaxed and I did less than a slug. The triumph of the weekend was all V’s as he completed assembling a chest of dr...

I was thin once upon a time. And tall. As a child. A bit of a beanstalk with golliwog curls and lanky limbs. All that went out the window wh...

Week One. Day One. Sunday. Knowing that Monday morning is our first outing to the Gym I pack my bag in advance. A bit like a school bag run ...

V & I are noticing women in Indian clothes roaming around central London with far greater frequency than before (as in there are more su...

Where have all the long lazy weekends gone? This house settling in is taking up way too much of my time and energy to be believed. There was...