……..continued from Post: Miss Asia Pacific 1992 – Part 2/3 MANILA, PHILIPPINES DECEMBER 06-07 These two days after the contest was over were the longest and the most depressing days for me as there was nothing much to do except watch the winners get all the limelight and say a goodbye to the other girls heading… {Read More}
Miss Asia-Pacific 1992 – Part 2/3
……..continued from Post: Miss Asia Pacific 1992 – Part 1/3 BANGKOK-MANILANOVEMBER 25The next morning I woke up quite early a bit apprehensive about what the day had in store for me. I got ready and went down to the reception and was pleasantly surprised to learn that a hotel taxi had been arranged to drop me to… {Read More}
Miss Asia-Pacific 1992 – Part 1/3
While most of my friends know by now about my Miss India stint, not many know about the fact that I had also taken part in the Miss Asia Pacific pageant in 1992. It was almost by default actually as I had taken part in the Miss Bombay contest then organised by Femina, the same… {Read More}
“How are you doing?”
Last night was quite a memorable night for me as after a very long hiatus I had gone out partying with my all my cousins. It took a lot of planning and co-ordination specially since there are so many of us and now all married with spouses and kids to worry about. In fact it… {Read More}
Lonavala
Just the name conjures up a plethora of memories for me. Every time I visit Mumbai, I do make it a point of visiting my favourite weekend destination – Lonavala. This is a small hill station located in the Pune district of Maharashtra, Western India. It used to be a ‘real’ hill station once upon… {Read More}
School re-union – must have one again!
Last week we had a school reunion. We had planned this meeting on facebook ever since I got my air tickets booked to India i.e. more than a month ago. Finally, after a period of excited responses, dead silences, postponing and rescheduling our meet did happen with the 5 of us….but 5 very excited and enthusiastic ladies… {Read More}
So nice to be back home but…
I am here now finally…after months of waiting…marking off the calendar….counting the days with my sons…we are finally back home in Mumbai, India for our summer holidays. Today is day 2….40 days more to go…and now that I am here…away from my very busy, very planned life I wonder what am I going to do… {Read More}
What a barbecue!!
I might sound like I am praising my own self out here since I was the host at this barbecue but I am sure my guests would support me on this as was evident on their happy faces when they parted. I have been wanting to host a barbecue ever since I moved into this… {Read More}
Karz – my evening movie
“Nooooo… I want to watch MY movie!” yelled my little one as I switched on the TV to watch one of my most favourite old time movies, and he stood in front of me with his arms spread out as wide as possible to cover the TV. “I won’t let you watch,” he pouted. Karz-… {Read More}
End of a school year…again?
This morning when I took my 4-year old to his pre-school I didn’t feel like leaving…so I sat there for some time watching him get engrossed with his surroundings, playing with his friends – the same children who were complete strangers to him six months ago. I can hear him share stories with them, showing off… {Read More}