Of books and snobs

Us human beings love to slot. Put things, people, events into neat little compartments. Slot, label, praise, be indifferent, trash. And then regardless of individual merit, judge something based on its common label.
Which brings me to books. The elite set of people who “read” have formulated the unoffical caste system for books and reading. Classics [...]

Oops

A colleague and I were chatting and I was cribbing about our housewarming ceremony to be held the next day
Me: I’m going to keep a little book to keep count of the number of times people are going to ask me why I’m not wearing enough jewellery when we’re going to have a baby…blah blah
Him [...]

The taste of India!

Anyone else a fan of the Amul ads?
Then you will love this!

Very random

I saw sparrows today, after god know how long. Are they becoming extinct? Pigeons on the other hand are thriving.
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I’ve been told by different people that I look like Tabu, Gayatri Joshi and Kareena Kapoor(sob!). I don’t agree with anyone. I just have traditional features that’s it. And I DO NOT have mannerisms like Kareena [...]

I am not your mother!!!!

Got this in an email forward and loved it!!
He didn’t like the curry
And he didn’t like my cake
He said my biscuits were too hard
Not like his mother used to make
I didn’t prepare the coffee right
He didn’t like the stew
I didn’t mend his socks
The way his mother used to do
I pondered for an answer
I was looking [...]

Phew finally!

Was tagged by Compulsive Dreamer on Apr 29! And I have finally hauled my lazy behind to do it!
Last Movie Seen In A Theatre?
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
What Book Are You Reading?
The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan
Favourite Board Game?
Scrabble!
Favourite Magazine?
Readers Digest, The Week
Favourite Smells?
Homecooked food, Coolwater Davidoff, wet mud
Favourite Sound?
Bells,  the nice resonating ones, windchimes made [...]

Spilling some beans

Was tagged centuries ago by Never Mind and Lively to reveal 10 secrets. Im modifying this a bit to include certain little known facts about me..
1.  I don’t like the Lord of The Rings trilogy. I took the books up with great deal of enthusiasm, borrowing all three at one go and The Hobbit as well. Didnt go [...]