Fursat Ke Raat Din- Free Time - The 80's Child
April 7, 2021
Do you remember how you spent your free time as a child? When I was growing up there was no internet, computer or smart phones. The television was limited in content. There was just one…
Eighties Disco Pop - The 80's Child
April 6, 2021
How do you celebrate? Occasion can be any, a birthday, a new client, a holiday, a day off from kitchen or just about anything. You party, right? Or pawri maybe? How did we pawri when…
Desh Darshan, Doordarshan - The 80's Child
April 5, 2021
It was in mid 80s that a curved grey screen encased in a wooden box with a serrated wooden shutter sliding like a delicate curtain entered the middle class Indian living rooms, or drawing rooms…
Comics Crazy - The 80's Child
April 3, 2021
Last October, I received a message that the private library franchise in my area is closing down. A pall of sadness came over me. Recently one of the longest running Hindi print magazine halted publication….
Band Baaja Baraat - The 80's Child
April 2, 2021
India, the land of a billion and more people. We believe in large families, social networks, strong societal and cultural connections across generations. In the 50s, govt launched ‘Hum Do Hamare Do’ campaign in a…
Reflection Post
May 4, 2020
A mommy to two kids, I shifted back to India from UAE recently. Life took a turn, as it does most unexpectedly. Earlier, the action-packed workdays, busy evenings, school calendars, grocery shopping, outings and chores…
Cape Town Calling (Quirky Travel Tales)
April 3, 2020
Welcome to Day 3 of the #BlogchatterA2Z Blogging Challenge. Today I will take you to the South Westernmost point of the African Continent, a destination that evokes “Oh My God, Its Heaven” feeling from anyone,…
Bengal Sojourn (Quirky Travel Tales)
April 2, 2020
Welcome to Day 2 of #BlogchatterA2Z Blogging Challenge. Today I go back to Bengal. I started my first job in Calcutta, a city I had heard and read about but had never visited. I went…