Archive for July, 2008

The morning ritual

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

It’s a place where all buses stop and that includes my office bus. Because the buses stop there, auto-rickshaws queue up by the side of the road to ferry passengers across the narrow lanes. Eager to grab a piece of the pie, taxis too pile up behind the autos. Often ...

The Saree - II

Monday, July 14th, 2008

It appears from the comments on my last post that I have been misunderstood by some. Indeed, I love wearing the saree, as do most women. On certain occasions my (female) colleagues and I ‘conspire’ to wear the saree and even if 50% of us manage to wear it on ...

The Saree - I

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

This happens almost every morning: for a fleeting moment I consider wearing a saree to office. I even think about which one to wear and smile at the thought of the exclamations from my colleagues and then, courage fails me.   (Fortunately, my mother doesn’t read blogs; if she did, ...