Of Walls that Speak and Shout

15th August 2008: Wake up, attend mass & flag hoisting ceremony, watch prize distribution kaaryakram for the little Marathi paathshaala affiliated with our church, go home, laze around, eat chicken curry, sleep, wake up, go beaching, come home, eat, sleep.
15th August 2009: Wake up at the crack of dawn, chow down a genormous breakfast with [...]

Phyre takes Flight

June 2, 2009.
3:40pm IST.
As I pen this down, I am hurtling through a blue sky in a absolutely magical ride at around 940kms/hour. All I can see around me is a white haze. All I can see below me are fluffy white clouds. Clouds one could very well imagine to be goose down, whipped cream, [...]

Purple Feathers, Darling Nuns, Shopaholics & New Beginnings

Last Friday had me sleeping a bit late due to extreme excitement over my first shopping excursion for the wedding.
Cheapjack’s in Bandra is a DIY bride’s dream & maybe the groomsmen & the men from my bridal party’s nightmare. I shall reveal nothing more than two words- purple feathers.
Mom and I wrapped up with Cheapjack’s [...]

The Perfect Proposal. Is there really such a thing?

Everyday as I pass by the under-refurbishment Spykar outlet near where I work, I can’t help but spend at least 5 seconds of my time staring at this utterly captivating advertisement: 

Yes, the models are painfully rangy and the style of proposal is completely not what most catlics would consider appropriate, but dang it! Does a [...]

The Great Bridal Gown Search

M said “Shock ‘em all”.
S said “I like what you select”.
R said “It’s you”.
V said “It’s Reen”.
P said “Less skin”.
G said “Demure”.
R said “Not white”.
B said “Comfortable”.
M said “Anything you wear you make it look good”.
J said “Chuckle chuckle”.
S said “Magical”.
L said “Gasp”.
A line from my Facebook bio which I feel I must add out [...]

Graffiti & Slumming Around Chapel Road, Bandra

After I finished checking out tailor number two on Chimbai Road in Bandra, Roslyn & I went to meet my darling cousin Joel at his lovely house on Carmel Church road.
It’s always good to have a man’s point of view when you are wedding planning and from all my friends and family I can think [...]

The Pink Chaddi Campaign

So in a move to condemn the bully-giri of the Sri Ram Sena in Mangalore I joined the Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women- an excellent and absolutely appropriate group on Facebook.
It is a call of the times and in my opinion, is totally cognizant with regards to the social & moral consciousness gripping Mumbai [...]

Did I Ever Tell you About the Rings?

During our engagment, one thing i was REALLY excited about was the ring. After a lot of searching and shoutouts for jewelers with a twist, Melroy & I (or rather Melroy) found out about Mario Romano.
Hailing from Brisbane, Mario creates unique jewelery (most of them bespoke). Melroy approached him with the initial designs (which happened [...]

Operation 5-Star: When Fire Spreads Terror…

As I tap this down, there is a horror scene being replayed in the house, more specifically, on the TV. It’s been more than 21 hours since the first gunshot of the most recent terrorist attack to hit the city resounded in Mumbai. The sheer fury that has gripped the city over these attacks is [...]