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Nature for you, Ma’am!

I was in the living room when I heard something that sounded like the vroom-vroom of a car revving. It went on for a few minutes, and then, over all the din, I heard my two cats meowing urgently at the door. When I opened the door, they came bounding …

7 Tips on How to Get Raped

It’s that time of the year when men-imals are awake again! Let’s face it ladies – physical abuse is unavoidable around here. It could be as low as groping for some, but some women might experience a full-blown rape. One of the undesirable after-effects of rape is the fight for …

No Place for the Young

Four years ago when I got married, I didn’t imagine it would change my life so drastically. There would be this slightly …

Diwali Musings

Recently my brother got engaged, and post the engagement, we all traveled to his fiancee’s quaint little home town in Jharkhand to …

Of Understanding a Joke

Today morning, on Whatsapp, I received one of those husband-wife jokes. Husband: I need one of those Diwali fire bombs. Wife: Why? …

What my lost purse taught me

Actually this post comes a long time after the events that happened in it. A few months back, I lost my purse …

Varkari

They come in numbers beyond count, singing, dancing, laughing, and walking all the way from all corners of Maharashtra – from Dhule, …