Posted in food, nostalgia on October 29, 2009 | 19 Comments »
I have been reading this tag all over the blog world about memories associated with food.
Five memorable meals ever eaten: It could be anything that makes the meal memorable – the food, the place, the place you were in your life when you ate, the company, the weather, the ambiance – heck, the guy who [...]
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Posted in Midweek Masala on October 28, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is apparently not happy with Bigg Boss 3 due to its vulgar language and obscene visuals and the channel Colours has been asked to show cause for it or face being taken off air! Some of the scenes have reportedly offended the sesibilities of the viewers. Well, many shows offend [...]
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Posted in random on October 27, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The last few hours I have been engrossed in reading articles from bellbajao.org. In addition to heart-rending domestic violence stories, the site has numerous success stories of women dealing with their abusers, various non-profit organization and their initiatives to help victims, inspiring stories of people having surmounted all odds and resources to help people recognize [...]
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Posted in Midweek Masala on October 26, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I had written this post and thought I posted on Wednesday but found it in drafts and was surprised! Did wordpress fool me into believing I had posted?
You remember that Neil Nitin Mukesh went to a real prison to get some real experience for his upcoming movie Jail? But do you know that he also had his friends beat [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I saw this post at IHM’s today and I knew I had to post. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and even though it is almost coming to a close, I have to have my 2 cents on the issue. I have seen domestic violence from quarters close enough to understand the plight of the [...]
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Posted in 55 words, random on October 23, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Take 1:
They got home tired, happy to be back after a wonderful vacation to see their daughter. As soon as he opened the door she let out a shriek. They walked into the computer room to see what was stolen. Both came out laughing…..stupid thief…..tried to cut open the inverter (and failed) to steal [...]
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Posted in culture, rant on October 19, 2009 | 15 Comments »
A few weeks back this picture was in the news.
The model Filippa Hamilton was retouched beyond belief by the Ralph Lauren designers. The model’s hips and waist are way narrower than her shoulders in this and it all looks very repulsive, does it not? Well, Ralph Lauren apologized for this mistake and said:
After further investigation, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 | 14 Comments »
So I have been away for sometime and really missed blogging. I tried to catch up with all your blogs but could not and now I am backed-up with all the blog-hopping that I have to do to catch myself up with happenings around the blog samaj!
Why was I away? Initially it was because there were only [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2009 | 17 Comments »
I want to take a break for a few days to get my head right and set things that need to be set in order. I will be back as soon as I am done! Till then, don’t forget this blog!
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Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2009 | 22 Comments »
Ok so I can identify Maxwell and Newton in pictures, and I have done homework on Friday evenings and still read and relax on Friday nights, does that qualify me as a nerd? So I am online for more than 8 hours everyday and have a preference for Texas Instruments calculators over Casio, does that [...]
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