Monthly Archives: May 2011

I so vividly remember that interview. There was some sort of an english language test, followed by a couple of conversations with the manager and the CEO. Months later when the boss man and I became more friends than ‘boss’ … Continue reading →

So, did you facebook today? Did you share your vacation photos with family and friends? Does your status reflect your state of mind? Did you flip through all your notifications? Have you wished your friend a very happy birthday on her wall? … Continue reading →

They’ve posted many new photos on the alumnus facebook page. Most girls and teachers in them look terribly familiar. As do the backdrops. The grotto. The chapel. The playground with the monstrous gulmohur tree. The boarding school. We would carry our … Continue reading →

The other day I came across a photograph of my daughter with her three great grandmothers. She was about five when the three matriarchs were in the same place at the same time. None of them is alive today. Over … Continue reading →

I weighed my choices this morning between creating yet another tailored profile and submitting a job application….. or blogging a new post. The first required a certain thought process and a measured discipline that seemed to struggle to get to the surface. … Continue reading →

This post is going to be a toughie. I may have really screwed up and humbly admit the possibility at the very beginning. You are fully excused if you didn’t get to the bottom of the page. In September 1975, the … Continue reading →

A friend of mine from a lifetime ago came online yesterday on Facebook. It was a lovely surprise and through several interrupted sentences and emoticons and LOLs, we managed to catch up on where we live, jobs, the lack of … Continue reading →