It is a very fine art. You learn with age. Or should I say you realize after some time. Back in Madurai, we have no tradition of gifting. Of course, we do part with a piece of our earnings…just that we do not go to Archies or a Lifestyle or a Design store searching for … Read more
Halloween is a Celtic festival. It is believed that on Oct 31, the Worlds of the living and the dead became blurred and the dead ancestors come back to Earth to find a new body. And since none of the living beings want a ghost to enter their body, they dress up like ghosts & … Read more
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If you have not been as big a fashion freak as Britney Spears or David Beckham, you have probably bought cloth bits and stitched a trouser or a shirt in the tailor shop on the street corner. Ever wonder what goes behind naming each of these tailor shops? Loads of crappy advice. A few hours … Read more
I was reading this book called Couplehood by Paul Reiser and in one of the chapters he writes about how he likes flipping through the Victoria`s Secret catalogue. And he finds it entertaining yet morally satisfying. His only complain is that even after thumbing thro` the catalogue a 100 times, he is yet to know … Read more
My parents have always told me, never believe the feedback that you get on your face. For once, they were correct. The positive comments on my writing style, humor and attitude, left by scheming visitors kept me me in the dark, false World where I was made to believe that I was the greatest blogger … Read more
Ever tried going to the vegetable market with your wife? I did. And I should tell you that it was not worth the money, time and energy spent. The whole idea sucks. “Hope you have taken the money,” she asks even before I am aware that I am being taken to the market. “Money for … Read more
I wonder why Alexander the Great was ready to risk thousands of his soldiers` lives (not to mention his own) and conquer the whole World. Or for that matter the Mongol King Genghis Khan. What did they get out of their never-say-die pursuits that led to such mayhem? I would never know. But one thing … Read more