Growing up in the 80s and 90s in India was annoying for several reasons, but the one that got my goat was that it sucked being a girl....

So after ending 2021 with a polite and not unreasonable wish that we all learn to be thankful for small mercies and enjoy every sandwich,...

So, it's that time of the year once more - when we look back at the year gone by and wonder what the everloving fuck just happened. It's...

There is a blessing in Sanskrit – you may have heard of it – Ashtaputra saubhagyawati bhava. May you remain married and be the mother of...

It's September, my birthday month and I should be buzzing with excitement, because obvs. But this time my birthday falls on a Sunday,...

So I just watched Greta Gerwig's Little Women again, this time with Pookie. I had read the abridged classic when I was little (do you...

Yes, yes, I know what that sounds like. I know we're not supposed to, being educated, modern-thinking people of the 21st century etc. And...

Pookie was video-chatting with a friend the other day. They were discussing Wonder Woman 1984. Pookie liked the movie. Her friend,...

If you've been following me on social media (and if you aren't, WHY NOT? HUH? HUH?) then you probably know that the release of Fatal...

Some of you may know this already, but three weeks ago, my family and I tested positive for Covid-19. As I type this, I'm swept by a...

There are about two months left for the launch of my new book Fatal Mistakes. And If you've been down this road with me the last time,...

When 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...

Oh 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...

On February 5th, 2007, I took my first awkward steps into this new-fangled thing called 'blogging'. So much has happened since and so...

This year, Diwali was supposed to be a reprieve. From endless calls, video meetings, non-stop work and just the neverending routine of...

Pookie is an avid reader. And by that I mean she enjoys both listening to as well as reading stories. While this made the lockdown easier...

Yesterday was eventful. In the same way August 9 1945 was to, say, a shoemaker in Nagasaki. And probably like that day, this one started...

When Pookie was first struck by Disney fever a couple of years ago, one of her oft-repeated questions to me was “Which is your favourite...

Unless you’re some kind of a narcissist, you have at some point or the other heard a little voice within yourself going, “Psst! You don’t...

If like me, you were born in the 1980s in India and are reading this blog post written in English, on the internet, odds are you’ve had...