Everybody wants a job. “Jo, there’s a woman at the gate. Says she knows you. She looks like a job-seeker. What do you want me to do?” That’s my husband speaking and I am [...]

A few months ago, I switched my pre-paid cell phone connection to a post-paid. This seemed like a major step to me, proof that I was here to stay, a well-established adult with a fixed address [...]

Yesterday I was invited to an amazing all day workshop at a cafe in a nearby village. “Himalayan Tapestry Creative Day” was billed as a day for women to learn a wide range of crafts [...]

So many of us are simply breathless with the amazement of the last few days. The clarion call against corruption sounded by Anna Hazare followed by the stirring and full-hearted response from one [...]

Most people are fascinated by multiple births. Twins, triplets, quads – so exciting! But to obstetricians, pediatricians and other child development specialists, multiple births spell [...]

School admission time rolls around faster every year. For some reason, I am besieged each March/April with requests for help from parents desperate to get their children into School X, Y or Z. I [...]

My friend Ana of I Made It So has this wonderful weekly feature on her blog where she invites readers to dig into their blog archives and recycle a favorite old post. She provides a theme each [...]

My friend Radhika Singh’s book on Fab-India has just been published (you can order it here). At the Dehradun launch for the book this past Sunday, people shared stories about what the shop [...]

When we first moved to Dehradun I bought groceries at a local shop, occasionally on credit. I was friendly with the shopkeeper, but we didn’t know each others’ names. One evening [...]