As a little girl with an embarassing ‘foutain’ ponytail on top of my head, I remember the distant sound of a moped approaching. It used to be the sound of my grandfather coming home. The sound of dad’s car used to make me jump and scream the cliche “Papa aa gaye! Papa aa gaye” (learnt [...]
Fiction becomes fact here.
The much talked about(not as much as Burj Dubai or the World though) air conditioned bus-stops shelters have arrived. And I saw one up close and personal in an almost running state today. A bit late but better late than never!
Waiting for the bus in the scorching sun would not be a [...]
Have you seen those ads of fairness creams where they give away free shade-cards for you to gauge the improvement in ur skin tone?
That’s not the change of the color of your skin you are measuring there. It’s the rise of your self-esteem and social status.
Staying in a city like this, feels like everybody has [...]
There are certain things which defy national and interenational boundaries. Things that travel far and wide without any control. Water and air are two of them. The other is my weird connection with… well… read on…
I was waiting at the bus-stop to board a bus to Delhi, when a car passed in front of me [...]
Somehow a lotta people in Dubai initiated conversation with me in Arabic. Never happened before. Have I started looking like an Arab? It only used to be Mallu earilier!
On my flight to Dubai, the man sitting next to me sneezed atleast 37 times. I came down with flu, the day I was supposed to fly [...]