Day 204 of Indian places giving you smiles – From Bombay to Mumbai
The city that is fascinating, you will love it or you will hate it, you can never be immune to it – the city that never sleeps, the financial capital, the Bollywood capital, the city that can make or break many destinies, the city of migrants, the city of the rags to riches stories and […]
Day 203 of Indian places giving you smiles – the Capital of our country – Delhi
Day 203 of Indian places giving you smiles – the Capital of our country – Delhi My first visit to Delhi happened in 1976 when I was just a 13 year schoolgirl with long plaits and small desires. We stayed with my uncle at Karol Bagh and I saw the complete contrast in the living […]
Day 202 of Indian places giving you smiles – the happy go lucky ambience of Diu
Day 202 of Indian places giving you smiles – the happy go lucky ambience of Diu After driving through miles and miles of what seemed like arid lands of the state of Gujarat, we saw a change of scenery as soon as we drove inside the Union Territory of Diu. And there was an unmistakable light […]
Day 201 of Indian places giving you smiles- the beaches and forts of the Union territory of Daman
Day 201 of Indian places giving you smiles- the beaches and forts of the Union territory of Daman We were lucky to discover a new weekend getaway from Mumbai – the old Portuguese colony of Daman. We had a smooth drive over good roads and as we entered Daman, the first thing that caught my attention […]
Day 180 of impactful experiences making you smile – After a divorce-Writing a book, Creating a self-help group and Going abroad to study
Day 180 of impactful experiences making you smile – After a divorce-Writing a book, Creating a self-help group and Going abroad to study Meet my girlfriend Vandana, a woman who creates a life of her choice. She was a naïve girl married into a very reputed business oriented family. Things did not work out well […]
Day 178 of impactful experiences making you smile – Pioneer actress from a conservative community
Day 178 of impactful experiences making you smile – Pioneer actress from a conservative community Meet Kishori Ballal, a traditional South Indian woman who ventured into the acting field since the 1970’s, when no one else from her community did so! With the support of her talented family members she went on to continue her […]
Day 171 of impactful experiences making you smile – Slithering from a bridge into the river and other adventures
Day 171 of impactful experiences making you smile – Slithering from a bridge into the river and other adventures Meet my girlfriend Mrinalini Rao, an IIM alumni, management professional, enthusiastic, tomboyish, (having grown up with five brothers), now content with her other roles as a wife and mother too! So it was a pleasure […]
Day 165 of impactful experiences making you smile- Not a maid servant but a sixth child
Day 165 of impactful experiences making you smile- Not a maid servant but a sixth child She was considered the most beautiful among her five sisters in her small village. At twelve years when she could not study, she was sent off to her brother-in laws place in another bigger village. There a Muslim women […]
Day 156 of international places giving smiles – Remembering 1984 visit to Kathmandu in Nepal
Day 156 of international places giving smiles – Remembering 1984 visit to Kathmandu in Nepal As kids we were very impressed by the movie Hare Rama Hare Krishna. What we saw about Kathmandu in that, remained as a strong memory in our impressionable minds. So in 1984, when foreign travel as a whole family was […]
Day 155 of international places giving smiles – Remembering the place where Asia and Europe meet – Istanbul in Turkey
It was a quick three day stopover on our way to UK. A new country to visit. A new culture to explore. I had imagined something else when I heard that Turkey had 96% Muslim population, but I was pleasantly surprised to see the cosmopolitan nature of Istanbul city. 2when we just landed in the […]