Entries Tagged as ‘Rants’

July 9, 2008

In-laws/Out-laws

It’s been a while since I wrote. Haven’t had much inspiration lately. That’s what having in-laws at home does to me. I am on new turf now, completely at my wit’s end. Not that my in-laws are the evil saas-bahu type of people. They don’t make me eat leftover food or make me wash their [...]

April 24, 2008

Hair today, gone tomorrow

You either have it or you don’t. And if you got it, unfortunately you can’t flaunt it. I am talking about facial hair, the bane of my existence. Don’t think I am exaggerating. There indeed are women who need constant help in this area. In my experience, there are three categories of Indian women (i [...]

April 9, 2008

My aunt Flo and I

Every girl has an aunt Flo in her life and I am no exception. Some people liked to refer to her as my ‘chum’ or my ‘best friend’ but I liked to keep my distance from her. So aunt Flo it was for me. Period.
My aunt Flo and I, we’ve had a love-hate relationship all [...]

January 18, 2008

One step at a time

Breathe slowly, exhale and drive all thoughts of burning down the cabinet company out of your mind. Things will get there, I just need to be patient. Never mind that it took them 5 weeks to deliver cabinets in the first place! And we are not talking here of some super special custom order - [...]

October 12, 2007

Are you kidding me??!!

Is he really the BEST person they could find to award a Nobel Peace Prize? Seriously?! I don’t know about you, but for me, the Nobel Prize is sacred. It signifies the most significant achievement in a given field. It is purely merit based (or at least, that’s what I like to believe) and it [...]

September 29, 2007

Tujhse naaraaz nahin zindagi, hairaan hoon main, hairaan hoon main

It’s like someone up there has decided I do not deserve to go to India. Yet he/she keeps dangling the carrot in front of me. And the fool that I am, I keep falling for the same old trick.
In the past 1.5 years, I have had multiple opportunities through my company to take on [...]