Day 9, Sunday 27th September, 2009 Sundays are meant to be lazy. But today was going to be anything but lazy. We woke up and wished each other happy Dussra. “Arey yesterday papa said na, it was Navami? Today is…
Month: September 2009
I Dream Of New York
Day 8, Saturday September 26th, 2009 Wake up Shakti, it’s Saturday! Friday night grocery shopping meant that we had ingredients and we had a kitchen. Yaay! Cooking day! A week after we left home, we made ourselves a hot breakfast! Eggs,…
Friday, I’m in love!
Day 7, Friday 25th September, 2009 Location: Miami A girl lying in a comfortable bed in a hotel room wakes up. She reaches for the mobile phone and gets sulky. Its 5 am and she doesn’t want to be up…
Like A Rolling Stone
Day 6, Thursday, 24th September Once you know you have a house, half your worries are sorted. We had to move in on Friday. So today was free to just chill. But Nani was bouncing off the walls. “I’m going…
Ghar Mil Gaya!
Day 5 5 am! Again I’m up before the sun. And I woke with sore calf muscles. The walking! The walking was not going to happen today. No no no. The only thing worse than achy breaky legs, is a…
Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai!
Day 4: I like waking up when it’s bright and sunny, stretch a little and have a luxurious minute hugging myself and relishing my dreams before panic hits and I start rushing. One would be a fool to want to…
Walk On: we took Bono too seriously!
Day 3: Mondays are blue, but a different kind of a blue when you wake up in a new country and a completely new city. Agenda was set. We were seeing 3 apartments, then checking out nani’s school and figuring…
American adventure 1
Day 2: The first two hours on any flight are fun. You see the magazines, you check the movies available and all that. But then you start to long for a comfortable position. You long for comfort and you pine…
Indian Sisters in America
Day 1: We managed to check in our overstuffed bags. This was it. I was going to see the united states of America. Well ok, not all the states and not exactly on a holiday. But yeah. I was going…
A recipe, a heirloom and an eyeopener
My grandmom is a phenomenal cook. She makes the most delectable fish curries and all but her true speciality is laddoos. She makes so many awesome laddoos that she has penned a book with 52 recipes of laddoos. And everyone…