30 in 2005

The bout of illness that our child has just faced has left us anxious and utterly exhausted. It's first time parent syndrome. I am relia...

Rain. In my adult London life the dripping English rain is uninspiring, a damp squib if you will. I rarely carry an umbrella or wear a rainc...

1. Clearly, time flies. I have been tardy tardy tardy. Slap on knuckles with ruler. I shall be better. I missed you internet and my peeps, I...

My mother and the Nik share their birthday. It's today. The 12th of March. Each year from the year the Nik was born my father would tell...

Two memories from the Holi of my childhood. 1. There is great excitement for one of my parents two children. At age 4 the Nik is finally be...

I am 7 and a bit. We have a black and white TV but for some reason it is not working. Or we don't have the correct channel. I don't ...

The year is 1986, early March. We live in a first floor dupleix 3 bedroom DDA colony flat, close to the colony gate. Like thousands of Delhi...

This is the last day my nani will collect me from the bus stop, bundle me into the car and drive me miles across the city to the hospital wh...

1. I'm ready for spring. Never have truer words been spoken. If I see another snowflake or sleet stone hit my windows before next winter...

So the next day or Sunday turned into way more than a week. But this time it is not my procrastination but the hellish customer service fro...

The first week of a new decade over and done with - a bit quick don't you think? All a giant blur in face of rubbish Dell laptop and end...

1. I have come to love this time of year in London despite the bitter cold. It's crisp (yes, I feel like a shivering lettuce when I am o...

A break in my (slow moving, rarely read) Delhi stories to say Merry Christmas all. At around 5am UK time, 10.30 India time, it will be 8 yea...

I think I've said before that in our family it is the Nik who has the midas touch. Each year he plays cards before diwali, wins a s**tlo...

There is so much to tell that I think it is wisest I break it up into little stories. Also it's been over 2 weeks since we got back and ...

It's been so long that I think I no longer know how to write or how to organise all the gazillion things I have to say to you my dear bl...

1. Done with Diwali for another year. The silks held up. Mainly because I wore them for a grand total of 45 minutes. It was blazingly hot wh...

1. Never thought I'd get sentimental about a book. And more than want to, I feel compelled to review it here. For posterity. To remind m...

1. Why do I have no faith in the system? After I fought with the Bloomsbury aunty I was sure I would not get a replacement for my faulty cop...

1. It's winter. Not autumn, just winter. Which is disappointing because either summer never really had a chance to settle in or I was to...