I’ve been making calendars since I was 15. My mother’s favorite design had stopped being produced (it had one big page for each month and the entire year in small boxes at the bottom of every page – Mom liked to plan ahead and [...]

  Dehradun isn’t into Christmas all that much. Even the stores – usually the first to jump on a possible consumer bandwagon – haven’t latched on to this one. So our house is a novelty and a wonder. Our house is [...]

I like auspicious days. Not the kinds which the Pandit anoints with special powers, nor the ones when the Moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars. The ones I like gain their importance from association and coincidence – a [...]

I came home to the US to visit my Dad. There he is – in all his rakish charm. He looks more Irish every time I see him. The sparkling blue eyes, the bright white hair, the elfish smile. And he’s not the only one I get to meet. I have this [...]

Moy Moy has had a G-tube for years now. It allows her to eat without the worry of choking or aspirating and we are all so grateful for this sweet little piece of technology. But as sweet as it is, it doesn’t last forever. Like any other [...]