Mumbaikars have been celebrating this past week — for the first timein 46 years, we have what we could legitimately call a winter! It’s8deg C and a sight to see sweaters, scarves, jackets and shawlseverywhere — feels like one took a wrong turn and hit Connaught Placeinstead of Flora Fountain. I’m sure the climate change […]

One of the reasons I decided to start blogging was because of thepossibility of posting remotely from a cellphone or blackberry.That’ll make sure I’m in touch with family all of the time. I know ihave been really bad/busy the past four-five years, but marriage andthe comforts of a loving home have further underlined the importanceof […]

Nothing succeeds like success; all the world loves a winner…pithy proverbs that are continually thrown around. Today, more than ever before, the world seems to celebrate celebrities – every week there’s a new hero thrown up the pop charts, a new diva on the old block, a new item on page 3, and a new […]

‘Cal bk urgnt’ read the sms from my easily-flappable, otherwise fashionable Gujju friend early Sunday morning. “Hetal and I are off to Singapore and Hong Kong for Christmas week – New Year shopping, you know,” he said when I called. “And you wanted to know if I need a new zoom lens, or a smartphone?” […]

The 42-degree syndrome Stepping out of a gleaming train at the Tokyo suburb of Oizumi-gakuen in the Nerima prefecture, I follow the orderly throng of salarymen returning from a long day’s work, their black suits and white shirts giving the impression of a bunch of penguins somberly riding the escalator. A hundred feet away from […]

Dear onesWelcome to my blog; I look fwd to sharing not just thoughts, rants and raves, but also pictures and travel tales and all the other news that I have been neglecting to update my family and friends with. I’ll also put up some of my recently published writings and inerviews. Due to lack of […]