Personal stories and shenanigans my family gets up to
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- Blue Mountains A short trip to an ideal world where nature and the simple life is at its best
- It’s my birthday Instructions to husbands on birthdays for your woman and pictures of my presents this year
- Deadlines How technology conspires against me when I submit the highest value project of my life
- A bit of culture An arangetram bharathnatyam performance and a marital feud to boot
- Mungeli My inspiring experience at Christian Hospital Mungeli, Chattisgarh and how you can help
- Vellore Coir Rope A video documenting how hand spun coir rope is made in my hometown Vellore
- The Prize Has Arrived The first prize for the Navy cooking competition is finally here and it’s a doozy
- Long Bazaar Junk Market In our hometown of Vellore we found a rusty Sunday market
- Lamps The beautiful Bulgarian lamps we dragged across Malaysia are finally home
- In perpetual tea-time A relaxing weekend in Vizag suspending all activity
- Back to Basics Our collection of digital cameras is being eclipsed by the film Nikon FE SLR to capture the Analemma
- E-India and my Passport Woes Dealing with the Passport Kendra and all the documents you need
- Death of the Guidebook My stint as a travel agent and why I may not use a guidebook this holiday
- Home Sweet Home Why we won 3rd Prize for the Best Interiors competition
- My MOOCS How the wonderful world of Massive Open Online Courses has kept my freelancing housewifing blues away
- Weekend round up Abroozi gets neutered and the DH gets a shock
- Bissamcuttack Our inspiring experience at Kachapaju tribal school and Christian Mission Hospital at Bissamcuttack, Orissa
- Finally, A win The post His Dear Christine won 3rd Prize at the Indiblogger contest, aligned with the venus transit perhaps..
- The Right to Information Our wonderful experience with democracy and the RTI Act
- Junior Masterchef Australia Who knew kids could cook, astounding show and my memories in the kitchen
- No Congratulations Needed The winners of the Indiblogger Stay Free contest and no, it wasn’t me
- His Dear Christine My husband’s other woman – the Royal Enfield he calls Christine. My entry for the Castrol No.1 blog contest in Indiblogger
- Happy Birthday to Me A little schooling and the result, a table full of presents for me.
- From Russia With Love My entry for the Incredible Journey blogging contest sponsored by Mahindra on Indiblogger about our trip to Russia
- Just waiting for mangoes When do I pluck the mangoes for ripening – beware the story of Lakshmi amma
- Chilka A short trip to Chilka lake to eat crabs and see rural Orissa life
- Kailash Yatra Part 3 The concluding part to my mother in law’s experience at Mount Kailash
- Kailash Yatra Part 2 The experience of Lake Mansarovar and Mount Kailash – part 2 of my mother in law’s journey
- Kailash Yatra Part 1 My mother in law’s very person, very real account of her epic journey to Mount Kailash
- Stellar Performance A star gazing lecture by my husband and some tips so you too can spot the constellations.
- Debuglic Day January 26th, 2012 at the Eastern Naval Command Republic Day parade and the patriotism that swept over me
- Soul Food How the humble khitchidi has followed me, making memories through Goldsmiths College, living in London
- Nano tows Gypsy King It’s in the title, the little Nano achieved great feats when the Gypsy said, “I got no more”
- The Kuch Meetha Hai Wedding Card An innovative wedding invite based on the Cadbury Dairy Milk wrapper
- Fa la la la la, la la la la How does a non-Christmas celebrating Hindu celebrate christmas? Looking back on 7 Christmases in the UK.
- Google No. 1 On October 20th, Nonsense Girl was No.1 in a Google search of the words, Death of a Dictator – a wee gloat
- A Nano A review of the latest member to our family, the Tata Nano Neon Rush
- Anniversary dinner Sizzler festival at Dolphin Hill Hotel and our near celebrity status on Telugu TV
- Moroccan Feast/Wedding Feast Reminiscing about our wedding lunch and recipes for tabouleh, moroccan chicken and beetroot salad
- Submarine Movie Marathon The one week challenge to watch and review all submarine movies made post 1950
- Sailing My first experience with a sail boat and the wonderful Naval Sea Cadets
- Submarine Versus the Tsunami A guest article by the DH abroad a Foxtrot submarine that was underwater when the Tsunami of Dec 2006 struck.
- Body Art My experiments with marking the body
- O.M.D Oh My, Delhi My week in the nation’s capital, ten years since my last visit
- The Submariner’s Wife What it is like being the wife of a submariner
- Sundays with the Korulas No where to go, nothing to do except feed our bellies and souls.
- Battered Baseline The story of my father and his love for Wimbledon (and his love lost)
- Travelling with your dog in India Some tips and our experiences of travelling on holiday with our Labrador in India
