Learning and Unlearning of Dr.Jekyll and Madam Hyde.
parenting, being i mother and being mothered have so many layers to it.
I was reading this article commandments to 21st century father-in-law from a 21st century daughter-in-law. I hope I have brought my daughters up with more humane value. Fortunately my daughters have their relationship goal given by sister-in-law and my mother. Yes patriarchy can be suffocating. A lot depends on why do we get married. When …
In the coastal houses one of the dishes made on any occasion is the paramanna, or what is more famous as Paalada. With the lockdown and not really being in a mood do things I decided to improvise. I had black rice that Dr.D had got from Manipur I did try making rice out of …
The lock down has been great, I have run out my standard nibbles. So I decided to try out making the Karachi biscuits at home. Essentially I modified the Nankatai recipe. Ingredients: ¾ cup plain flour. ½ cup powdered sugar. ¼ cup custard powder ¼ butter ¼ cup tutti-frutti. 2tbs broken cashew ½ tsp baking …
My workspace seemed to filled with IT personal and people speaking of AI for while I assumed AI was Air-India then I learnt it was artificial intelligence. I am told by these kids who create computer programs that computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no …
Mother’s day With all that hype about Mother’s Day... I would really loved someone sharing the play “Thai Retire... whatever” but the Magna Mater rules the world. A very spiritually inclined acquaintance shared a sermon by some Bramhachari Lynne ... I do not know who this Bramhachari Lynne is and I frankly could not care …
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April 7th is celebrated in the land of Uncle Sam as No House Work Day. How wonderful. Today being Sunday which is most people’s catch up with the week’s stuff day, it is rather ironic. the definition of housework is work done in housekeeping especially cleaning and tidying. It would be an interesting carrot to …
