General conversations and community discussions.
Salary comes on the 1st. By the 8th, most of it is gone. Every month, for about 6 years now. Rent, the car EMI, my mother's medicines,…
When the day is awful, there's only 1 thing I put on. Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. The old one, from 2004. I've watched it all the way through…
My mother's first question on every phone call is, did you eat? Not hello. Not how are you. Did you eat. I used to find it funny. 9 pm, 3…
Last Saturday I got a craving for dahi puri at 5 pm and the shop near my house was shut. So I tried making it. I'd always thought it was…
Upma is the first thing I ever learned to cook. Class 12, my mother was sick and someone had to do it. I made it with rava, mustard seeds,…
I made caramel custard for my cousin's birthday dinner last Thursday. The video said 6 ingredients and 40 minutes. I was sure about it. I…
6 years ago my father had chest pain and we ended up at a small clinic near Tolichowki, 11 at night. The doctor was maybe 60, tired, with a…
I plan trips like I'm shipping a product. Last December we went to Coorg, 5 friends, 3 days. I made a spreadsheet. It had hotel booking…
Rant time. Yesterday an old man got on my 7:48 bus, maybe 75, with a stick. Nobody moved. I counted. 9 people sitting near him. 6 on their…
There's a medical shop across the road from my building. The board has a green cross and a name. I've read that name from my balcony every…