Once upon a time when life was without its whys and what ifs, a little girl lived in her own magical world in the southern part of Calcutta (which we now know as Kolkata). The locality she lived in was inhabited by simple middle class people with mediocre dreams and aspirations. There were no high rise constructions overshadowing the sky and trams tinkled and trundled on their defined paths. Her house, lovingly built by her grandfather, had a huge shiuli(small white flowers with an orange stalk . It is associated with…
Month: June 2012
Sariska Safari
2012 was half-way through and our vacation was long overdue. As my husband had changed jobs and had relocated earlier in the year, planning vacations from two different locations was just not working out. So when my daughter’s school closed for the summer vacations we packed our bags and headed for my husband’s new home, Gurgaon. Since he was new in the organization, a weekend was all he could spare. Temperatures had shot above 40deg in Gurgaon. The heat was killing. The options were limited. It would either have to…
