Petrol prices hiked. Inflation at a new high…Kya karega aam aadmi, are statements that one sees at least once a day on the television and in at least one section of the print media.

Unkempt hair is a sign of an unkempt mind. First impressions count beta! Grooming is critical, be it in a man or woman,” I advised my shaggy-haired son, on the eve of his internship interview.

Spring is in the air and every beautiful garden in Delhi, whether the Mughal Gardens, Lodhi Gardens or Buddha Jayanti Park, are a kaleidoscopic carnival of colours. And it is not only the flowers that are blossoming in full strength, carnivals seem to be the flavour of the season from Delhi to Goa.

The Christian as well as the Hindu (Makar Sankranti) New Year has passed and the cold, crisp winter morning heralds the dawn of a new tomorrow. Is my heart filled with pleasure and dancing a la Wordsworth and his daffodils? Alas, no, as I read the prophesying newspaper dailies, which foretell gloom for aspiring business students as B-school sala-ries which are at a all time low.

Who would have thought when we welcomed the New Year in January 2011 that this would be more than just the beginning of a new decade?

Dilli in December is sajji-dhajji Dilli…shaadi-vaadi season you know. Being a Dilli wali I had no choice as I attended Mandy’s (Mandeep Kaur) wedding with Suks (Sukhvinder Singh).

What nonsense do you guys keep reading Myra, parallel worlds and witches and wizards?” questioned my bespectacled nephew Manu about his sister Myra’s absorption in Harry Potter’s sojourns.

In a world that is splattered with a spectrum of colour and surrounded by a cacophony of sound from the juke box to the idiot box, establishing the presence of the written word over the spoken word is

As the season chan-ges to winter, is n’t it also time to sit back in your rocking chair and take a quick trip through memory lane?

As the season chan-ges to winter, is n’t it also time to sit back in your rocking chair and take a quick trip through memory lane?