With his debut novel, author Khaled Hosseini takes us to Afghanistan. An Afghanistan that was still untouched by the Taliban, where we weave through crowded streets, climb poplar trees, nibble on dried mulberries and walnuts and spend lazy holidays readings books with 12-year-old Amir and his servant boy and best…
Eve-teasing
The seeds are sown when ; You are asked to keep your distance from the boys, as soon as you are old enough to understand the word ‘different’. You are asked to come home before dark and not wander alone. You are asked to ‘behave like a girl’. It continues…
Questionnaire
Spotted this rather interesting questionnaire on brilliant poet and fellow-Caferatian Heretic’s blog and thought it was too good to pass up:-) So here its is, posted on mine, with The Heretic’s kind permission of course! I know who you are. I know where you live. And, I know where to…
Cute
I hate being called ‘cute’ ! In Sharma-sisters lingo cute translates to ‘ugly-but-tolerable’ and in Mayuri-lingo cute translates to ‘ugly-but-not-vomit-inducing’ I hate being called ‘cute’ ! Cute is….stuffed teddy bears. Cute is….chubby kids whose cheeks you want to pull. Cute is….adverts like the Pond’s Googly woogly whoosh. Cute…
Disjointed Outpourings
Having a free day all of a sudden in the midst of so, so many crazily hectic ones is like being caught in a sudden downpour. It leaves you a little nonplussed. With a wedding in the family fast approaching,the past 2 months have been mad, mad, MAD! Shopping…
Book Review : Shantaram
“A man and a book come into your life when you need them the most,” I remember reading this quote a while ago. To say I stumbled across Shantaram would be a blatant lie because Shantaram literally fell into my lap! Every waking hour, minute, and second of the past…
I’ve been Book-tagged!!!
TAG 1Bibli·ophi·lism Background:bib·li·o·phile also bib·li·o·phil (-fl) or bib·li·oph·i·list (bbl-f-lst) n.~ A lover of books.~ A collector of books.bibli·ophi·lism n. bibli·ophi·listic adj. So here goes. Books I own:****************For Gods sake!!!! You don’t expect me to remember all of them, do ya?!!!Ok, rough guess here. Might have around 200. Not counting the…
Ruminations on a Rumbling Stomach
It is 1’o’ clock in the afternoon. I am in my office. . I have just shown a client out and await the next one who is scheduled to be here at 2.There is 1 whole hour in between. Too long to do nothing, and too short to rush home…
Silver Rain
I have never been fond of the rain, despite being born in June. The 6th of June was the day Mumbai unfailingly welcomed the monsoons each year. And the rains played spoilsport each birthday. Due to the downpour, my birthday parties were invariably ruined. Which is why I never liked…