Jo’s Blog

The eyes go naturally to Gandhiji, don’t they? He’s the one we’ve all heard of; his is the face we recognize. In my family, it’s a little different. That man to Gandhiji’s right? The one wearing what we now call a [...]

I am used to thinking of Ravi as distinguished. Wise, profound, insightful – you name it. From the earliest days of our marriage, I’ve been accustomed to scenes like this one: My friend Rachel calls these the “Tell Us The [...]

Reluctant as I am to tell another beauty parlor story, I do have to share this one. Mainly because I don’t know what I think until I see what I say. And I want to understand this. So there I was yesterday, getting my first trim, post [...]

I’m on a train – traveling from Dehradun. Ravi is in a car, traveling from Himachal. We are going to meet in Delhi where we will spend the night, setting out tomorrow for Mumbai. Together. Sort of. In an almost unprecedented event, [...]

When we built our house, Ravi and I decided to have custom-made desks in our designated spots – his underneath the stairs; mine in the bay window in our bedroom. His worked out perfectly – even down to the design of the drawers which [...]