Dear Reader, Two years have passed in quick succession since this author discovered the Bridgerton series. What with a plague running rampant and a show released on the books, one wonders what the greater evil is. While most might argue the widespread death in wake of the plague is definitely the greatest evil to beat, […]

This is Sabaa Tahir’s foray into the real world. She moves from Ember to the reality of All My Rage and she brings the emotion with her. I read this in a single sitting and that is telling enough. Told from the point of three characters and moving through past and present, All My Rage […]

The Indian Wedding, is as primordial as the great deities of old that are penned in legends and lore. It is ancient, it is traditional and well it’s a whole lot of fun. I haven’t really attended an Indian wedding in totality. No one close to me has actually gotten married. Until last week when […]

I’ve loved Delhi, ever since I’ve started studying history in middle school. Its culture, its history, the small noisy haunts with its plethora of fragrances and smells and the hidden ones no one knows about. But being the blunt rather acerbic person I am, I tend to call a spade a spade, and I have […]

Indian marriages are considered sacred unions. Once the pheras have been taken and the ‘swaha’ said it’s permanent, this is the way of life. Divorce is a rare option. In some ways I find myself pondering the flip side of the Indian marital coin. We’re taught that once the mangalsutra is on and the sindoor […]