Morning After the Party

The morning after waking up was a surprise. No throbbing headache, no bucketful of puke near my bed, no queasy feeling inside the tummy…woke up wondering if the party itself was a dream.
But yeah, getting out of the bedroom I found empty bottles, overturned glasses, overflowing ashtrays, the seating arrangement completely out of order, stains [...]

Two Cents on a Free Tibet

Y’all know that in China if you manage to irk the CCP you disappear. In the manner of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima – the boy chosen by the Dalai Lama as the next Panchen, and opposed by the CCP that views the Dalai Lama and his choice of people as enemies of the state.
I know I [...]

Evening Before the Party

Have a long night of alcohol and food tonight. G got a new bike after a year of waiting and N passed all his papers. The party was pretty much obvious, but now joining us would be two or three hard core drinking buds. Which means alcohol will flow. The husband is still at work, [...]

Dev D: The Brilliance of it All

The Great Bong is a cynic. He likes nothing, he criticises everything and the few things that get a favourable word from him are dismissed as obviously-likable-so-I-like-it. But if even a man like this says Dev D is a must watch, do go and see it.
Me, I saw and loved the film. True I [...]

I’m a Butcher Today

Of all the things marriage has made me do, I think nothing ever disgusted me as much as chopping pork tonight.
Man, I am so glad I am in a position where I can normally cook ready cut meat !! The problem is, pork is very tasty but the guy I buy meat from does not [...]

Joints, Friends, Work…Random As It Can Be

A very long time ago, money was at premium. There was either enough for a drink, or a joint or simply to sit around, doing nothing. Sometimes we’d spend on coffee and sandwiches, but that was rare. Those were days like any other, those were friends like any other and I was a girl like [...]

Crazy !!

This is crazy. TSF had said things would be better this time around and he is getting more on my nerves than he ever did before. There is no clear indication of what he wants from the documents I send him, so every time I write something that I can base on the vague emails [...]

That Labrador Needs Help. Now.

Who would have known the number of calls you have to make to complain of cruelty against one animal?
There is full size Labrador right opposite my house. The dog lives outside a mansion of sorts. But you’ve noticed what I said, it stays outside. It is chained to the balcony and kept there, in sun [...]

Work Blues, Alcohol Blues and Blue Blues

I am not sure I even like working. It’s all the same, day after day after day. You switch on the coputer and begin this mad rush to finish work. The first few things seem ok, but then on it becomes this totally brain-numbing cycle of nothing. But I am a writer. My job is [...]

Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright

It’s such a relief that someone has voiced his concern about the vanishing tigers of India. It needed a popular icon’s voice, really. If there is one cause I hold close to my heart it is this, and as I write this I suddenly realize why D has a problem with my owning a snake [...]