Category: diva di’vine

  • Ethical Will-passing on values

    Long ago I had written a blog on Ethical will, an ethical will. An Ethical will (Hebrew: “Zava’ah”) is a document designed to pass ethical values from one generation to the next. Rabbis and Jewish laypeople have continued to write ethical wills during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I had found the entire concept very intriguing. I cannot find the blog…

  • fashion for Plus size and Age

      The Queen of England has turned ninety.  Can you imagine her getting ready for a ball? The designer comes, flips open the lap-top, while the queen peers with her, the image consultant in tow, “Summer wear” X—clothes emerged. “Formal wear” the catalogue now becomes X-a “Occasion specific” (x-a)-b “Age appropriate”{(x-a)-b}-c And the exact dress…

  • Second Time Round

    Second Time Round

    Miracles do happen, and Grandmothers, are the guardian angels of their grand-daughters. If my second daughter is all popular young lady today, I have my gynaecologist Dr.Kasturi Nayak to thank, I had gone for my monthly check up just before we left for the parking slot, she said let me listen to my grandbaby and…

  • The Belly Contemplations.

    When we were at medical college the standard joke was that guys will not ask for directions. It is a biological thing, which is why it takes several million sperm cells to locate a female egg, the egg is relative to them the size of whatever town. the journey of a pregnant mother is dotted…

  • OK-ate Dé-bacles

    The Dé-ly story http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/celebs/shobhaa-de-disapproves-of-kate-middleton-s-style-says-she-has-no-curves-to-pull-off-a-saree-253439.html this bit made a lot of stink. Well when I first read it, my response what does it matter what Kate Middleton wore or did not wear, its her wardrobe and her image. Actually I do applaud her for not trying on the Himachali cap at Simla routine our politicians dole…

  • Accepting an Intern.

    Since I am a medical student and had do internship, I never really thought much about it. About two years ago when I decided I will take my NGO more seriously, we are into community for self employment, I realized I could not handle it alone and I needed help. Around that time Nandini Sahai…