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A wife, a mother, a daughter, a daughter-in-law, a friend, a sister,a professional, a compassionate co-worker

How do we strike the balance?
December 25, 2010 – 3:15 pm | 4 Comments | 27 views
How do we strike the balance?

Last few years besides the global warming a lot of heat has got generated around the fact that much fewer women than men make it to the top in the corporate world. YES they seem …

Can life wait until the GO-LIVE ?
December 22, 2010 – 7:48 pm | One Comment | 16 views
Can life wait until the GO-LIVE ?

For those not yet touched by the lonely world of jargon including outsourcing, software development, onsite-offshore blah blah blah let me first define the term GO LIVE for you.
“The date on which a system goes …

Spring is knocking
March 25, 2010 – 11:33 am | One Comment | 46 views
Spring is knocking

It is just about a month since I last posted about the color white engulfing everything I could lay my eyes on. It sure was beautiful but now my eyes are yearning for the leaves …

Cycle your way …
March 25, 2010 – 10:00 am | No Comment | 10 views
Cycle your way …

First of all let me make an honest confession..I love to cycle but can only do for a few minutes on a road which is leveled..take me uphill and I soon end up panting and …

White is the color
February 13, 2010 – 10:30 am | No Comment | 7 views
White is the color

As it continues to snow non-stop for the third consecutive day white is the only color I see around and it emotes the following:
White is the color of the tree top
White is the color of …

Knows No rules
February 12, 2010 – 10:27 am | One Comment | 22 views
Knows No rules

He picks up any of his toys and murmurs a friendly HELLO into it..
He sits on his toy car and expects it to move bit by bit…
He piggy rides on his dad and thinks he …

Monday is Monday
January 31, 2010 – 10:20 am | No Comment | 16 views
Monday is Monday

“Hey you don’t sound your usual self, what happened”.
” Nothing unusual da, probably the Monday morning blues!
A piece of conversation heard too often every Monday morning in office probably. Or at least I went through …

Freedom to hang
January 25, 2010 – 10:15 am | No Comment | 18 views
Freedom to hang

Back in hometown when the next door neighbors moved back to their apartment the first night they spent in counting all the holes the tenants had drilled in the walls of the apartment while they …

Animal Train – Book Review
January 24, 2010 – 10:00 am | No Comment | 56 views
Animal Train – Book Review

My husband picked this cute lil book for my little one from the local library. Ever since all three of us..my hubby, myself and my little one are gaga about it. The best way I …

Mom is the word
January 10, 2010 – 9:40 am | One Comment | 47 views
Mom is the word

My first encounter with kids was when my sister had hers. Each time I came back from hostel I used to irritate them (in turn my sister) by asking silly questions like why they did …

Just from where we left…
January 9, 2010 – 10:29 am | One Comment | 33 views
Just from where we left…

Over the years life has taken me to different cities, has had me play different roles and also handed me handful of gems whom I call friends. In this journey as time passes by my …

No conditions apply
December 14, 2009 – 10:00 am | One Comment | 21 views
No conditions apply

His buddy said “Oh I used to meet him daily during our morning walks. How could it happen to him!”,
His customer said ” I had only purchased a shirt from him the same evening, he …

Giving Away
December 13, 2009 – 1:00 pm | No Comment | 13 views
Giving Away

I was reading an article in the Nov 09 issue of Reader’s Digest where the author has shared her introduction and smile rearing experiences with “giving away”. She was introduced to the tradition of the …

Missing the newness about Diwali
October 16, 2009 – 5:21 pm | 2 Comments | 32 views
Missing the newness about Diwali

Yesterday afternoon when I returned from a time-pass shopping spree and was planning for the evening visit to a friend’s house I thought of dressing my toddler in the the new pants which I picked …

“The White Tiger” – Book Review
October 11, 2009 – 9:31 am | 4 Comments | 32 views
“The White Tiger” – Book Review

As I started to read this book by Aravind Adiga I wondered why this man had to uncover so many shabby truths about India. Well even to the end of it I think the same …

my husband is an alien
October 11, 2009 – 9:00 am | 3 Comments | 42 views
my husband is an alien

The sun was setting and my husband and I were sitting in our newly bought arm chairs in the balcony…So to say one of the rare times in life. We were not into a deep …

I am a magician
September 24, 2009 – 5:00 pm | 4 Comments | 31 views
I am a magician

I am a magician because I can…
Kiss a bruise and make all in life at truce…..
Hug him tight and make him sleep peacefully all night…
Let him wake up in my arms, there gone are all …

Of broccoli and more
September 19, 2009 – 8:56 pm | 2 Comments | 26 views
Of broccoli and more

I have never been a great reader myself and to add to my woes I don’t manage to retain too much in my memory space even after reading some interesting piece of news etc so …

Under Promised-Over Delivered- Visit to Cumberland Falls
September 16, 2009 – 7:32 pm | 4 Comments | 38 views
Under Promised-Over Delivered- Visit to Cumberland Falls

A friend of mine and I had been cribbing to our respective husbands that they were probably the only two hubbies around who had not planned for anything for the long weekend ahead while all …

a compliment that made my day
September 14, 2009 – 7:45 pm | 3 Comments | 29 views
a compliment that made my day

Since last few days I had been feeling low. This morning I got up and decided that I will make this day a cheerful one and different from the recent few days. I decided to …