Have you seen a stressed bride lately?

Do give her a slap and tell her to enjoy her wedding before it’s D-day.
No. Really. Do it. You might get a box in return, but by next year she will probably tell you how right you were and thank you for it. Well, not really. But it’s good to think positive. Works wonders for [...]

Nana, Goodbye.

3rd June 2009
4.30 pm
I have quite forgotten the feeling of holding a pen and actually using it to pen down the thoughts I think onto a lined page.
My diary, if it had a life, would be quite chuffed with all the attention I am lavishing on it.
While I wish I were sitting in a ramshackle [...]

Something Old, Something New & a Bride less Confused

A long time ago, when weddings were magical things that simply happened to all the beautiful big girls in my family, I used to dream about my own.
I used to dream about the day when I would be that beautiful big girl getting married. I used to dream about wearing my mom’s wedding gown and [...]

Dedications, Words & Their Worth

Another wedding invite made its way to my doorstep today, and guess what? It really was just another wedding card.
Not many people get married in the summer out here, owing to the humidity and heat. Whenever someone does tie the knot during such an extreme part of the year, you would expect them to make [...]

Sping Cleaning Treasure Trove

…while I was indulging in some Spring Cleaning in the house.
From symbols of a new life to tokens of a new phase of life, it’s a lovely circle… and how fitting for me to find this trove of love on a lovely spring day.

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 [...]

Waiting for Spring…

In Memoriam:
Pappa (my maternal Grandpa) – December 24, 2007
Nanadaddy (my paternal Grandpa) – March 12, 2008
Aaji (Melroy’s paternal Grandma) – December 21, 2008
Pai (Melroy’s maternal Grandpa) – January 28, 2009

My Last Year Here…

Here as in, in Vasai. Every ocassion I attend, every party I enjoy, every chance I get to live feels like the last one of its kind I shall have. My emotions, feelings, experiences and thoughts have taken on a more vivid hue. Everything is magnified a million times.

There is a need to grasp on [...]

The Preparations Begin…

Starting today, Melroy & I commence with the planning and preparations for the Grand Wedding…
We are equal parts apprehensive, excited and impatient for the Day. Given that the concerned parties are going to be scattered in three different countries (India, Bahrain & Australia), it’s going to be quite a coup to pull it off with our [...]

Gandhi Jayanti And The Ban On Smoking Leave Them Fuming

Nobody would look at Them and say that They are wild children to steer clear from. But yet They manage to get the aunties cracking up and the uncles chuckling with Them.
They layer each witticism with subtle cynicism and no one escapes a detailed critique. Not even Gandhiji. 
Why?
 
Firstly, because if it weren’t for him, India [...]