There’s much that’s great about Mad Men – the story, the characters, the “Oh my God, it’s Lucky Strikes!” kind of references that have adpeople drooling. And then of course there are the clothes. Spanning the swirly skirts of the sixties to bellbottoms & miniskirts of the seventies (my favorite…
The Mumbaiker starts the day with a prayer to guide them through the daily adventure that is a public commute.
A review of ‘Salt & Saffron’ by Kamila Shamsie
It struck me last night, when I was sitting on the floor of a slight friend’s house, talking to another friend when she asked me, “So how are you doing?“ Then she looked at me straight in the eye and pointed to her own heart. I stared back, a fraction…
A cry of pain. The ten thousand fragments of my heart are the least of my worries when I’m a skinned being.
Is the Good Boy really that much better than the Bad Boy?
The danger of hearts is they never come with a ‘Danger Ahead’ sign. When you discover where your love keeps their heart, it’s downhill into a world of pain.
In apna andaz, I got revenge.
My first week isn’t out and the high drama has already begun! Started with a marathon meeting that went on past lunch, topped by the first cold I’ve started this monsoon (aren’t they the worst?). Monday was better, punctuated as it was by an awkward-funny round of introductions with everyone…
This story of an 80s feminist is always a comfort read. And it brings up a question we’re still grappling with thirty years later.