Yesterday, I visited two websites, thanks to blog posts I read on K3 and the Metrodad‘s pages. One was a super one called Storynory (thanks K-3!) that has the audio recordings (FREE!) of more than one hundred children’s tales like the Ugly Duckling, Three Little Pigs etc. I just played one for P and that net savvy child searched for a few more and sat highly entertained for a whole 30 minutes! Result!
The biggest advantage of Storynory is that we can subscribe to them for free, on iTunes. I have …

‘Guess who these women are?’ quizzed the hubby.
I took one look at the taller, blue saree-clad figure and thought it must be some hijra person from North India but was blown why it would make news. The shorter figure twigged something in my brain – albeit after closer, deeper looks.
Imagine my shock horror when I finally figured they were the Williams sisters! Oh my eyes! My eyes!
Everyone, please read this excellent article by Deepa Krishnan on sarees and the whys and why nots. I could not put …

Image courtesy: AP/ BBC website
 Now if that isn’t a miracle, I do not know what is. This baby girl, born two months premature, when her mum squatted over the Indian toilet on a train in Rajasthan, survived the fall, lying in the cold for two hours and the filthy toilet, too!
May you live long, baby girl!
ps: This makes my fears of delivering P in the toilet bowl unknowingly, quite sensible!

A few of my lovely mates have been asking me about my course and its progress. I’ve got to tell you and everyone else, that after Week 3, I am seriously doubting my sanity.
By that, I don’t mean the good folk at the uni are to be avoided and even as I type, are measuring me up for my custom-made strait-jackets. The course content is really interesting and as the weeks go on, increasingly challenging. I would now love to plant myself a well-aimed kick on my backside for carelessly commenting …