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Our Singapore Diaries and 2015 in general
I cannot judge 2015 by its super-fun and exciting end. The year was quiet for the most part, and I would be hard put to talk about anything memorable that happened in the year. Or at least, I can but...
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A Rare Morning Alone with Piglet
It’s very hard sometimes to just find 1-1 time with someone in the family. It’s usually all four of us together in the room, all talking over each other. Or, all of us running around doing something...
View ArticleKahaani – A Movie Review
It’s rare that I review a Hindi movie on this blog. It’s not that I don’t see Hindi movies, I do, but so very often I have very little to say. Most of the movies I have seen in the past couple of years...
View ArticleWhat to Do When Someone You Love Is Addicted To Drugs
Watching someone you love very dearly struggle with addiction to harmful substances such as drugs can be difficult. Even though the person you love is the one in the throes of addiction, it can also...
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How not to Write Middle Grade Fiction
Here’s a guest post from author Jackie Minniti whose new book Jacqueline is out. About the Book When ten-year-old Jacqueline Falna hears her mother’s scream, she is unaware that the axis of her world...
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Make Me
“Why is this town called Mother’s Rest?” That’s all Reacher wants to know. But no one will tell him. It’s a tiny place hidden in a thousand square miles of wheat fields, with a railroad stop, and...
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Disco Barbeque with Bappi Lahiri
The spanking new Barbeque Nation restaurant that opened in West Gate Mall in Rajaji Nagar arguably had no need of celebrities or massive PR events to announce its arrival. The place was packed to the...
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WW: Lepakshi Temple
Running way, way behind on updating the blog. So behind that sometimes it doesn’t even make sense after a while. Hence this photo post of a trip to Lepakshi temple. Hope you like them. And if you are...
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Me Before You and After You – My Spoilery Thoughts
I have a strong aversion to reading books about terminally ill people/ people struggling with ill-health / quadriplegics and tend to stay far away from them. I guess they all seem a bit too close to...
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The Malaysia Chronicles – Legoland
This is part 2 of our Singapore-Malaysia travels during Christmas last year. Here’s the first part. Malaysia started on an ominous note with heavy thunderstorms on our first day there when we spent a...
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Ottimo Presents – The Fire of Italy
If you are an Italian food buff, or even just a plain ole foodie, run don’t walk to the The Fire of Italy food festival that runs in Ottimo Cucina Italia, ITC Gardenia from January 22nd till January...
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WW: Vaikuntam
Snubnose has derived her latest art work from the style of the artist Thota Vaikuntam. Snubnose’s Vaikuntam His paintings mostly capture the simple lifestyle of villagers and a few of them are...
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The Silkworm (and my participation in the Cloak and Dagger reading challenge)
After back-to-back reading challenge fails, here I am trying one again. This time, instead of attempting something completely out of my league, I thought I’d try focusing on a genre I really enjoy –...
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Republic Day Movie Watching
This Republic Day I was pleasantly surprised to see some sensible movies on TV, rather than the usual jingoistic nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism these days. Instead, there were two...
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Teaser Tuesdays: The Lives of Others
I am right in the middle of reading this massive tome – The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee. This book is massive in every way – size, scope, and the number of characters I have to track. Still,...
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WW: Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad
Some time back I took my new camera for a spin (more on the camera in another post), and I couldn’t have gone to a more colorful, lively place to try out its different settings. Here are a few snip...
View ArticleSome France Travel Tips
Are you heading into France for the first time soon? Then you’re going to want a little travel advice to help you. You can never do too much research when travelling to a new place. It’ll ensure you...
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Turning a Good Morning to a #GoldMorning
Mornings are always tricky. On weekdays, it is a hustle-bustle of waking oneself up, then the kids, breakfast, lunch box, getting ready, the whole nine-yards before we all run off to our respective...
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Eating an Honest Meal at Onesta
Onesta is a very popular restaurant in Koramangala, which thankfully has opened a new branch in Indra Nagar as well, closer to my side of town. A good thing because this is one joint I’m pretty sure I...
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Romances
Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have mandated a a Valentine Day-based freebie, and very predictably I thought I’d list my top ten romances. In no particular order: Outlander by Diana...
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New Camera – The Nikon J5
Posting a bit more about my new camera that I alluded to here. For ages, I have moaned about getting one, boring all my friends asking them silly newbie questions about a camera to buy. It’s not like I...
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Weekend Cooking: Mixing Whisky Cocktails at Home
I received a delicious set of cocktail recipes from Hemant Mundkur, the bartender and Brand Ambassador for Black Dog Whisky at the whisky tasting event I attended the last month. Not only was it a fun...
View ArticleCelebrate the magic of Valentine’s Day at ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru
You all know of all the fun we had at Ottimo in ITC Gardenia last month, and when I heard about ITC’s Valentine Day specials, I just had to share with you all in case you want to celebrate in an...
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Go set a Watchman
Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch–“Scout”–returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political...
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Malaysia – Langkawi
After our Singapore and Legoland excursions, we turned our attention to Langkawi – an island just south of Malaysia for our tropical beach fix. Any holiday we take has to involve some beach activity...
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Weekend Mixing: At Home Margaritas
In honor of National Margarita Day, I’d like to share with you a simple n sweet recipe that my hubby K used for creating at-home margaritas for us last weekend. People who know me well know that my...
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Sri Lankan – South Indian Fusion Food Fest at Cubbon Pavilion in ITC Gardenia
The Cubbon Pavilion restaurant in ITC Gardenia is hosting a special food event (from February 26th to March 6th) showcasing the food of Southern Tamil Nadu that has absorbed the Sinhalese culinary...
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The Lives of Others
The aging patriarch and matriarch of the Ghosh family preside over their large household, made up of their five adult children and their respective children, unaware that beneath the barely ruffled...
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Teaser Tuesdays: The Martian
After the intensity of The Lives of Others, Mark Watney (the protagonist)’s wisecracks in The Martian come as a breath of fresh air. Even though he is stranded all alone on Mars, he retains his sense...
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