Movie buffs would know the scene in Kabhi Khushie Kabhi Gham where Hrithik tells his dad he wants to do his MBA in London because it is a family tradition. While the dad looks on proudly in celluloid, I could not help wonder how often the situation gets reversed in real life. Imagine a stern …
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I have missed a few Microblog Monday posts and was not keen on doing it this week so here it is… second post in the day! I am sharing my Trainer Avatar with all of you… This is what I wore during my most recent training trip to Netherlands. I don’t dress like this in …
I met Anamika Mishra, a fellow blogger during the Tata Motors meet in Goa. At that time I did not know that she is a published author and has been a Radio Jockey! I found out that she left her full time job to turn into an author. Here is a tete-a-tete about her and her …
My daughter’s summer vacations have begun and her school is being renovated. So the classes will resume in July instead of June. To top that, her day care has ended. Ended for good. The reasons for that are for another post but at this point of time, I am desperately looking for activities to keep …
JAMM’s is a Mumbai based parenting support group. Every year, they take up a social initiative and this time it is Step Up. Before I tell you about step up… think about this…. How many pairs of shoes do you own? How many pairs of shoes does your little one own? How many pairs of …
An Autograph for Anjali is the latest book by Sundari Venkatraman. In The Book Club that I am a part of, Sundari has been called the Desi Mills and Boons queen. Having read some of her previous books too, I had a fair idea of what to expect. I also wanted to know if Sundari …
A while back, my blog buddy Vee told us that she has been accepted into a prestigious Global Management School. That sparked off a memory of my initial career years and the race to do an MBA. When I was in the final year of engineering, my class was divided into two main groups – …
We have so many expectations… from things, from people, from the world in general and ourselves in particular that something or someone is always falling short of our expectations. I think half of our problems would be solved if we stopped having expectations from people. Taking my own example, I want to excel at my …
After some research and lots of planning for Kerala vacation, we were finally ready to start our annual trip on 21 Feb 2015! Kerala Vacation – Varkala Travelogue Mumbai to Kochi We had a very early morning flight from Mumbai. To board our 5.30 am flight, we were at the airport well before 4.30 am. After …
Guy on the Sidewalk is a book written by a fellow blogger Bharath Krishna. He reached out to me via IndiBlogger and asked if I would like to read and review the book. I received the book before its release but my travel and then the car incident has been keeping me totally tied up. …