Why ever would we want to know how we look when we are OLDER?

Before I go any further, let me plug the lovely e-book the ladies at Indusladies.com are bringing out to mark the occasion. The e-book is supposed to be an, I quote, “elegant list of all Indian Mommy Bloggers”, that will be sent to all the members of Indusladies.com as well as their Facebook & Twitter followers. What a lovely idea, ladies!
So, dear reader, please link up, join in and spread the word.
And so, to Mother’s Day. There’s something I would like to discuss with you, my readers, on the …

I walk into my High Street bookstore and at the window, Horrid Henry greets me, along with Tracey Beaker. Inside, they are joined by The Stig, Bakugan and the Ninja Turtles. The Famous Fives and Secret Sevens tucked away in the corners don’t even get a look in.

When there is a Twitter hashtag “livetweetingabortion” you know something’s very wrong somewhere. A 27-year old American mum-of-one has come under fire for using social media to chronicle the progress of her abortion. On Twitter and YouTube, Angie Jackson gave gory details as she aborted her three-week-old foetus, due to health reasons.
Even as I typed the first two sentences of this post, it felt surreal. Going on Twitter and writing about your body expelling your foetus seemed nothing short of barbaric. I don’t know what the mum’s intentions are …

For a country where a significant percentage of the population has barely seen < 20 deg C temperatures, much less snow, the fact that we had two skiers and a luge contestant was a huge deal. Throw in the fact that sports really isn’t our cup of chai, I think it is nothing short of phenomenal that we actually have two blokes that can ski!

Though an hour and a half remained for my school bell, I had the misfortune of living farthest from school. Hence, my school run had a First In – Last Out approach and I got on to my rickety rickshaw at the ungodly hour of 8.10 AM.

Jordon aka Katie Price would def agree to that definitely. But Tamil actor-director Parthiban? Not likely.
First he complained of Chennaionline.com illegally selling his books of poems online and then a day after, when the company’s officials furnished proof that they were in fact, asked to do so by the actor himself, he amended his statement but not without adding that it was the portal’s fault for not corresponding with him since.
Time for a new secretary, maybe, Parthiban? 

Watch the amazing talk given by activist Sunitha Krishnan on her fight against sex slavery. Warning: NOT for the faint-hearted.

 
After 4 years of blogging and 3 years of adsense-ing, I finally made enough for Google to send me a cheque. Yep! I reached the magical $100 mark and merited a payment from Google Adsense. I am so pleased with myself – it is the first earning I have made from my blogging.
Think of the Cheshire cat – multiply that grin 10 times. That’s me now!
Onwards and upwards!

The past year has been a very difficult one.
Not just because I now have two kids to look after – but because my family lost one of its brightest jewels. My baby cousin, my uncle’s daughter, Shraddha, who was three and half months shy of her third birthday when she passed away suddenly.
That has been a very difficult thing to accept and overcome.
She was such a star and her passing has filled me with so much despair and outrage. And some guilt. In the past year, the …

Saffron Tree, the popular literary review site is turning 3!