Crazy Mom.

How to make a dinner for two in under Rs. 70, and in less than 15 mins*

Buy the following on the way back home from work:

1 pack of tomato puree - Rs. 15

1 bag of macaroni - Rs. 20

1 onion - Rs. 5

2 cheese cubes/slices - Rs. 20

Pull out the following from your kitchen shelf/fridge:

Old dominoes sachets of chilli flakes and oregano

Oil

Salt

Pepper

Garlic Salt
Half-full bottle of white wine

Do this:

1. Boil the mac for 5 mins

2. In a kadai, sautee the onions & add half a pack of puree, for 2 mins

3. Add salt, pepper and the garlic salt and mix for 1 min

5. Add the boiled mac and mix for another 1 min

6. Add the cheese cubes/slices and mix... for 1 min

7. Breathe in the lovely smell

8. Add oregano and chilli flakes and let it simmer for another 2 mins

9. Pour out the wine

10. Serve!

*I go by intuition. So don't expect measurements. Go with your gut instinct. Literally!

Selfish.

When your worries are not your own, it's easier to believe that they don't exist. But that doesn't make those worries any less significant.

When you stop being sensitive to this fact, you become selfish. And evil.

Couldn't be happier!

I realized I was letting my own paranoia come in the way of rational thinking. So, I got over it.

Now, I'm just so happy!

OMG.

My best friend is getting married.

And I couldn't be any happier! :)

M.

The M word freaks me out. I just can't figure out why.

Should I be happier?

One of my best friends just told me that she found someone online and she's considering marrying him. She's known him about a month and she sounds insanely happy.

But, something in me is not allowing me to be thrilled for her.

I don't get it. I don't get how you can make yourself fall in love with someone. And then vow to stick by their side through thick and thin.

I don't get how you can leave your life's important decisions to someone else.

Remember the time.

Sunday sailing with family.

Learning about Global Warming.

Music shopping at Landmark.

Annual day at Abacus.

Playing Holi in Delhi.

Realizing what Gandhi was really about.

Watching MTV for the very first time.

You were there all along, and have taught me a lot.

Thank you for the music. Thank you for the memories.

Right now.

I wish I could follow you

to the shores of freedom, where no one lives.

NDA, Khadakwasla (June 2-6, 2009)

sky meets earth meets water

The battle’s for you to fight.

You’re born alone. Then you meet your family. And start to make friends. Then you find the special someone you want to spend the larger part of your life with. Still, at the end of the day, you will be alone in your thoughts and you’ll go to sleep alone - even while your head is on their shoulder.

You live the next few decades of your life with the love and warmth of your family, friends and chosen companion. Then you die. You die alone.

You may have the best friends in the world, the most supportive family and the most suited partner. Still, at the end of each day and the end of it all, they will still only have been in the periphery of what your life was.

Because your life is your battle to fight. You’re your only army.