Vedashree Khambete SharmaMar 6, 20213 minReclaiming PinkWhen I was four, my father had to travel to Germany for work. This was the first time he was travelling abroad and as was the tradition...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaFeb 10, 20212 minTo The Hands That Build... BuildingsOh my love, it’s a long way we’ve come; From the freckled hills to the steel and glass canyons; From the stony fields, to hanging steel...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaFeb 4, 20212 minA Fifteen-Year-Old RemembersOn February 5th, 2007, I took my first awkward steps into this new-fangled thing called 'blogging'. So much has happened since and so...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaMay 12, 20202 minCarpe That Diem AlreadyWhat will our children remember of us? Ever think of that? I do, all the time. Because when I look back to the memories I have of my...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaNov 5, 20193 minGood Shoes, My Foot.I was in the vile wasteland of Twitter the other day and came across a tweet, where a woman had asked why little-boy-shoes are so much...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaOct 14, 20193 minThe Man in the Brown SuitOn Saturday, Rook and I had ventured into Dharavi. Our quest? To find a nice leather purse for Rook’s mom who recently turned 75. Because...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaOct 7, 20193 minBe Still, My SpleenYesterday, in a furious burst of pre-Diwali madness, we ventured to the old furniture market at Oshiwara. The errand was simple: get a...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaSep 24, 20192 minThe Passive Aggressive Period and Other Tales of PunctuationThe internet has changed the way we do… well, everything. Think, speak, write, love, hate, sing, dance, read. Everything. It has also...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaApr 20, 20192 minThe Unbearable Lightness of Being MommyOn Tuesday morning, halfway through my physiotherapy, I got a call from Rook. Pookie had apparently shoved a screw up her nose. It was...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaMar 19, 20192 minOh. You Again.The funny thing about people is we get used to things pretty quickly. What’s once surprising, if repeated often enough, becomes the new...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaFeb 18, 20192 minA Pain In The Neck and Other ConsiderationsIn Greek mythology, there was a monster who Theseus had to fight. This guy had a bed he tied his prisoners to. If they were longer than...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaNov 12, 20183 minWHAT 2018 TAUGHT METhis smells like a year-end post. It has all the ingredients – the googlies life threw at me, the good stuff that happened, the lessons I...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaOct 23, 20183 minWhy #MeTooIndia MattersOver the past month, I’ve been following the #MeTooIndia tweets on Twitter, as the movement spread from the entertainment industry...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaAug 21, 20182 minMOTHERING IN THE TIME OF HOMOPHOBIAThe other day, I was out shoe-shopping. Don’t ask why. You may as well ask why I’d taken Pookie along. Fine. I’ll tell you. It’s because...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaJul 12, 20182 minThe Philosophy of PainHardship, I remember reading somewhere, is what steers man towards god. We turn to spirituality, not while being buoyed on the frothy...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaJul 8, 20182 minWeather Update: Shit Storm ContinuesTwo months and not a peep out of me. A near impossibility in real life, but it’s what’s happened online. In case you’re wondering why,...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaApr 27, 20182 minTired In The CityEvery generation has a moniker that defines them. The Lost Generation. Generation X. Millennials. And squished between the last two are...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaMar 19, 20182 minIt’s Alive.And so, like someone teetering under a gigantic, heavy box who has somehow managed to keep it where it was supposed to be kept without...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaMar 8, 20183 minAN OPEN LETTER TO MY DAUGHTERDear Pookie, You’re four years old now and learning things that seem formidable and challenging. How to eat with your own hand. How to...
Vedashree Khambete SharmaJan 24, 20182 minAbandon All Shame, Ye Who Enter HereThere’s just over one month left for the book to come out and as you can imagine, I’m bursting with joy going out of my mind. This is...