This & that

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

I recently came across this quote by John Galsworthy while generally browsing and I think it perfectly sums up all thats been going on in our household for the last few weeks.
The kiddo turned 3 over the weekend. I was going over her baby pictures yesterday [...]

Out of the mouth of babes

Kiddo and I have a nighttime routine that we follow most nights of the week. After dinner and a bath, we sing all her favourite rhymes and unless I’m too entirely exhausted, we go over one or two of her favorite books as well and usually that is enough to put her to sleep. Last [...]

management by guilt

A few years ago I came across a book titled ‘Management by Guilt’ at a second-hand book sale. I bought it out of sheer curiosity and because it cost only 25cents. It turned out to be a fairly unimpressive(IMHO) management book. I was looking for something that tied guilt with management or discussed the pros [...]

Memoirs of a Geisha

I recently picked up Memoirs of a Geisha from a friend’s place, a rather ‘old’ book by now, I know. The novel is a brilliantly written first-person account of the life of a giesha, Nitta Sayuri or Chiyo, written by a guy(Arthur Golden) from Tennessee, USA of all places.
The book was a fascinating [...]

earth day

April 22nd is Earth Day, as I’ve been informed by the Google doodle. Apparently the movement to increase people’s awareness about the environment and climate change is not one more phenomenon started by Mr. Al Gore. In fact, it started in 1969/70 along with Woodstock and the rest of the goings on at the time.
Over [...]