PALASH TREE, TESU FLOWER – THE NATURAL WAY OF PLAYING HOLI Holi, The festival of colours, is one of the most important festivals of India. My memory of Holi dates back to my childhood when we used to stay in Modi Nagar. I remember how I played Holi in the colony, with my friends. We used to…
SITA ASHOKA – SORROW-LESS TREE As a child I had the privilege of spending a lot of my time with my grandparents. Grandparents by way of their practices and habits have great influence on us. Children learn not by what is told to them, but more by what they observe around them. My grandparents, like most other Grandparents were…
We all like to write or talk about something which we dream of, something which we aspire for or something which we have accomplished in our lifetime. For me its my friendship with the world of nature and in that process the creation of my small garden which is my biggest and to say the only…
“One for sorrow, two for joy, Three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, Seven for a secret never to be told, Eight for a kiss, nine for a wish, Ten for a bird, you must not miss.” The Girl On The Train begins with this traditional children’s nursery rhyme,…
2017 seems to have begun on a sorrowful note for the Indian film Industry as the country lost an outstanding actor, Om Puri. His sudden and shocking demise has still not sunk in for any of us. The Padma Shri recipient who was considered one of the doyens of parallel cinema was revered for his ability…
Book: It Must’ve Been Something He Wrote Author: Nikita Deshpande About the book: When obsessive book-lover (ahem, book snob) Amruta – Ruta – Adarkar arrives in Delhi to work as a marketing executive for Parker-Hailey’s Publishing, she learns that the world of books is not as cozy as she’d imagined. Her eccentric taskmaster of a boss…
Few years back when I attended a presentation on etiquettes by an expert and realise that how important it is to be vigilant of our own behavior. That impacts our work and business to a large extent. But again! our behavior has to look natural too. Short trainings during work and quick tips from expert’s diary can help…
This book is personally very close to my heart. It is one of those books which leave an impression on your mind and heart forever. Of course, knowing Assam and its tea culture helped a lot in understanding the author’s insights into the acres and acres of Tea Estate and the quiet yet invigorating life…
The name of the book seems absolutely apt to describe today’s generation – The Lost Generation. But then we (i.e. today’s parental generation) belong to the past generation and are the luckiest, if we may say so, since we are the only ones who grew up sans technology and yet are enjoying and learning the…
I have always been a fan of the British Royal family and especially Prince William and Kate. I have followed their wedding and subsequently the birth of the royal babies with avid interest. And when I came across this book ‘The Royal We’ which Amazon says is as bit as engrossing the story of Will…