Book Review – The Palace of Illusions
Sonal Kulshrestha Panchaali’s Mahabarat, The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, published in 2008, went on to become an international best seller. It is the story of Mahabharata from Draupadi’s perspective…
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Book Review: Girls of Riyadh
‘Girls Of Riyadh’, by Rajaah Alsanea, is a fictional story of four friends from Riyadh in the popular format of the ‘Sex In The City’ story line, except that it…
Growing Up On Chai
My sister, brother and I grew up on chai. It’s said kids mustn’t be given chai, that the caffeine in it isn’t good for them, that it causes blackening of…
Focus on Sumeet Mohan
This is an inspirational fitness story of Sumeet Mohan, …an Engineer working for the City Of Phoenix. Sumeet Mohan came to America from India to do his Masters. His story…
It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind
This happened an year or so back, but a recent event triggered the memory of that conversation with my son. I clearly play out that day in my mind. My…
Conversation with my son- On sexting
It has been on my mind to bring up the subject of sexting with my ready-to-start middle school son. At 11, if he’s old enough to get his own cell…
Conversation with my kids – On Friendship
As parents of our kids, we want to impart illimitable wisdom to our children. As children of our parents, we know that we might not get a very receptive audience,…
I am my kids’ mother
CONVERSATION WITH MY SON: What is with teenagers and incoherent talking? I know it is a phase that will pass soon enough but not before I have had a conversation…