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Banana Nut Muffins 26 Aug 2013 | 12:13 am
A lot of muffins are being baked (and devoured even before they cool) in the Lekhni household recently. There were the oatmeal cookies I baked a few weeks ago (mostly for the neighbors) but otherwise...
Why are there landslides in Uttarakhand? 22 Jun 2013 | 09:10 pm
This is a very moving survivor’s account of the flooding at the Kedarnath shrine. It is hard to imagine the scale of destruction and the suddenness of it, even reading news reports. To actually live...
Why do we still have water scarcity in Indian cities? 26 Mar 2013 | 06:56 am
It is a cycle almost as predictable as the boom and bust of economic cycles – every few years, the monsoon fails and suddenly, there is water scarcity in the cities. People suffer and try everything t...
The hibernation is over 21 Mar 2013 | 06:51 am
You know it’s time to blog more often (or shut down the blog) when the frequency of wordpress updates far exceeds that of your posts. Not that there haven’t been topics I’ve wanted to blog about. But...
7 reasons why FDI in retail is good for India 23 Sep 2012 | 11:49 pm
Now that the government has approved FDI in multi-brand retail, it has paved the way for the likes of Walmart and Amazon to set up shop in India. Predictably, there have been protests from shopkeepers...
Sleepless in this metropolis 22 Sep 2012 | 04:52 am
You know you are in trouble when WordPress has software upgrades more frequently than you have published posts. In fact, every time have opened my blog this year, there has been a new upgrade, which...
Hospice care and in-home nursing in India 26 Jun 2012 | 10:38 am
My grandmother died last week. When I heard the news I was profoundly relieved. Sad, yes, but mostly relieved. Let me tell you why. She had spent the last month or more in the hospital, mainly in...
Corruption in the RTO 20 Apr 2012 | 02:40 pm
Long years ago, I went to the Regional Transport Office twice – the first time to get my two-wheeler driving license, and the second, to get my car driving license. Both are still valid, which means,...
Hockey on the pond 5 Feb 2012 | 02:30 pm
Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog got it badly wrong when he looked at his shadow this week. Six more weeks of winter? We are still in winter? Yes, I know it is February and normally the peak of wint...
Book Review: Growing Up Amish 22 Jan 2012 | 05:25 am
If you are like me, the only time you have ever met an Amish person is when you have stopped off to look at the sturdy furniture they make. You are fascinated and mystified at their 1800s lifestyle (...
