I got married recently and my hubby (Suraj) and I received quite a few presents. Good right? Well, the thing is, we did not expect them. We went for a small wedding to reduce the ‘bhaar’ (load, burden) on others as well as ourselves. We don’t really want to continue Read more…
I got married on 22nd December 2008. Very recent! If you’ve seen my picture on the ‘about’ page, you might think that I’m Indian, and you would be right. Why is this relevant? Well…If you know what typical ‘Indian’ weddings are like, you’ll know there’ll be lots of people there. Read more…
Another personal plea.A friend of mine had to move very suddenly and with nowhere to keep many of the things she and her family had acquired; she was forced to throw or give away many things. She had a whole set of encyclopaedias which I offered to take and keep Read more…
This is a personal plea. I wondered if you had any knowledge of how to make donations of clothing and jewellery to less fortunate girls/families in abroad who cannot afford to buy an anu (what the bride’s parents give the bride when get gets wed)? I’ve heard of an institution Read more…
Gutted! We planned to go an exhibition today. We said we’d go out and have lunch, and then go to the exhibition at 2 p.m. This would give us plenty of time as it closed at 5 p.m. What happened in reality was that my friend needed a haircut. He Read more…
This is a quite an odd one for me. In some ways, those who have died are more important than those who are alive. “Huh” I hear you say. Not ‘anyone’ but for example, those who we look up to in terms of increasing our spiritual awareness. In this case, Read more…
This is quite a personal post. I debated whether to write it or not but something feels right about it so here I go! Recently my uncle’s mum passed away. I felt blessed to support them. No offence intended but I didn’t know her very well, so when I was Read more…
