How to Get a Disability Certificate in Kolkata

Since there is not much information on this on the ‘net I thought I’d put it all down here for those of you who might need it. A lot of this information came courtesy a friend, Satadru Ojha who works at Times of India and went out his way to let me know all this. [...]

Em and I

From the moment I read about Ahana, I had been thinking of a little girl I had known once, ho had clung on to me as the only friend she had. Em was a special child, and she was a very special girl. I was young too, and all I knew from the words of [...]

Storms, Stormy Places and Stormy Workplaces

How blah can this get? While the Americans name their hurricanes sexy stuff like Katrina, Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Franklin and Ophelia in a nice alphabetical order, we call ours stuff like Aila, Bijli (how imaginative) and Megh (again, who would have thought?!) And did you know how cyclone names are decided?
And while we [...]

To Someone I Will Not Name

I don’t like change. That is probably common knowledge. Inform me that something is variable and that there might be a change later, and I will be fine. Else, I do not like being told about things at the last fucking minute.
What is perhaps less common knowledge is that I don’t like surprises. Unless they [...]

At the End of DLF IPL

Ok, so went all out and supported the Deccan Chargers over endless sips of beer, but this was so not nice. Symonds, Ojha…each one of them did it, and I hated it. Thought this was a thing of the past.
Anyway, they should give a day off work to relax after such a gripping final and [...]

A Word of Thanks

My daily blog visitors count went past 190 last Tuesday, with a total of 10,000+ visitors already. As someone who started from scratch once her original blog was scrapped rather rudely by the server-owner, this is very rewarding. But it is most rewarding, when you, my reader, de-lurks. I know a lot of my friends, [...]

On My Marriage

My cousin’s wedding fiasco had me thinking how lucky I was to land up with D who had been honest from the very beginning and his parents who had been enough to get an approval from my family about the marriage. What do you say when you know that your daughter is marrying a guy [...]

Unreasonable Men and Me

These men are so ureasonable at times that you automatically justify all the beer you’ve had over the last seven days. Let me explain:
On a drive through Panjim, I see a grey dress hanging on a shop window.
Me: “Ooh Navin, I have to have to get that grey dress. I have a shoe in the [...]

Never Mind…!!

Not a nice thing when you see the reflection of your torso on the laptop screen during work. Call me a narcissist, but my collar bones distract me. Bootiful, to say the least.
Though I wish I had a longer neck…
Fudge, back to work !!

Every Penny Counts

When I made my comment on Paroma’s post, I knew what I was saying, but didn’t exactly know I would need my second and third skins on so soon. The week began with my dusting out the skins from the back of a recess and here I am currently, smiling at myself with all the [...]