It was well past nine at night but the local sector market was buzzing with activity and bustling with crowd. Bangle shops had sprung up all over the market and were doing brisk business. But, the most sought after were mehendiwalas, dozens of them lined up on foot-path applying henna on the hands of women, young and old. It was the eve of Karva Chauth Continue reading “All in the name of love and romance”
‘Ka’ ‘Ki’ ‘Ke’ Problem
“Rama Ma’am apse milne ke liye betaab hai.” I was taken aback when my friend, Mausami introduced me to her husband when I met him for the first time at a wedding . I felt hugely embarrassed with her choice of words,which translated into English meant that I was desperate to meet her husband. I looked around to see if my husband was in her hearing distance .Thankfully he was not.
A tale of two puppies and Mother’s heart
I am not a cell phone addict. Seldom do I open messages early in the morning. But that day it was different .As soon as I woke up, intuitively I grabbed my mobile to check WhatsApp. “Puppies chale gaye,” read the WhatsApp message from my son. My heart sank; Continue reading “A tale of two puppies and Mother’s heart”
Sultry summer nights under the stars
As I lie down in the cool comfort of my air-conditioned bedroom, blissfully unaffected by the hot and sultry weather outside, I cannot help recalling the summer nights when sleeping out in the open was a norm. In my growing up days there were no ACs, no coolers Continue reading “Sultry summer nights under the stars”
Balle Balle !Punjabi oye!
A few kilometers from Sydney, as we reached its Indian dominated suburb, Harris Park, we could see the surroundings change dramatically acquiring a typical Indian touch. The flashing blue-green lights greeted our eyes. In the hub of Indian eateries, we found a number of Indian restaurants and eating joints selling Indian street food on both sides of the narrow lane. Indians could be seen thronging the place to get the taste of India, to relish Indian cuisine and to savour Indian street food-samosa, chaat, jalebi, tikki, kulfi with faluda. You name the street food , it’s there to tickle your taste- buds.
