General conversations and community discussions.
My office kitchen has a kettle, a box of tea bags and a microwave. That's the chai setup. Last Tuesday a colleague made me one. Tea bag,…
I hold my chai cup with both hands. Every time, even in May when it's 42 outside. My husband noticed it a month after we got married. He…
Petrol pump on the Ring Road, 11 at night, tank on empty, and the UPI payment won't go through. The circle on my phone kept spinning. The…
My phone started getting warm in my shirt pocket last summer. In Jeddah that's hard to notice. It's 40 degrees outside, everything is warm.…
There were 5 samosas on the plate on Sunday evening. My brother ate 2, I ate 2. That left 1. We both reached for it at the same time and…
My friend Imran and I end every serious talk with the same 3 words. Drink some water. It started in 2009 on the Tank Bund. I was crying…
Every Saturday morning I go to the vegetable market near Mallepally with my father. He's 68 and he's in charge. I carry the bags. That's my…
I made a rainy day playlist in 2019. It has 41 songs now and I add 1 or 2 a year. There's no rule for what goes in. If a song sounds like…
Dil Chahta Hai. I've watched it at least 20 times since 2001 and I'm not embarrassed about it. First time was at a single screen in Abids…
It was a black umbrella with 2 bent ribs and a handle that came off if you pulled hard. I bought it in June last year for 250 rupees from…