आधी रात को एक विवाहित जोड़े पर आक्रमण, रेजिमेंट में हमारे दिनों में अपवाद की बजाय एक सामान्य चीज़ थी। कभी-ना-कभी हर कोई मोटरबाइक (विवाहित और कुंआरे ऑफिसर्स की) के हॉर्न और हेडलाइट से जाग जाता था, वे लोग भोजन के लिए दरवाज़ा पीटते थे, और अधिकतर उनकी अगुवाई मेरे पति करते थे। सभी विवाहित …
मेरे पति की रेजिमेंट ने किचन में मुझसे बदला लिया Read More »
38 वर्ष की उम्र तक जीवन का आनंद उठाया, विवाहित जीवन सुखी था, पति के प्यार का आनंद ले रही थी और हमारे दो छोटे बच्चों की देखभाल कर रही थी, मैंने कभी सपने में भी नहीं सोचा था कि मैं इतनी क्रूरतापूर्वक अपने कम्फर्ट क्षेत्र से बाहर फैंक दी जाउंगी। मेरे पति की एक …
सुखी विवाह से पुनर्विवाह तक – एक स्त्री की दिल को छू लेने वाली यात्रा Read More »
Raiding a married couple at midnight was a norm, rather than an exception in our days in the regiment. Everyone, sometime or the other, had been woken up by the horns and bright headlights of motorbikes (of married and bachelor officers), banging on the front door for food; with my husband, more often than not, …
How my husband’s regiment took revenge on me in the kitchen Read More »
This was the ‘80s, when the love marriage scene was still in its infancy and parents played a large part in getting their children hitched to one another. I still remember being very proud of my parents who had ‘allowed’ me and my prospective groom to meet alone for an hour or so, albeit in …
How a Delhi-di-kudi has the best of both worlds with her Mumbaikar husband Read More »
I am a freshly minted grandmother ….though for the fourth time now! But , every time I become a grandmother the happiness is just the same as it was the first time around; the anxious wait at the time of the delivery at the hospital, the joy of seeing your grandchild for the first time …
My husband loved food, period ! He was an out -an-out foodie and many a time I came home to find him in the kitchen, browsing through the groceries and the fridge to either make me cook something or to make something himself. He, of course could not cook beyond an omelette and some toast. …
This is the story of my friend and colleague. A young innocent girl, fresh out of college, beautiful inside and out, looking at the world with the eagerness of youth. She was 22 years old while I was 37, and on the threshold of a new life. Bright -eyed, enthusiastic, full of life,she reminded me …
I am a mother of 5 grown up children.As I remarried after losing my husband , my second marriage came with a husband and his three children. With my two, we found ourselves parenting 5 children( 3 daughters and 2 sons) ranging from eldest 22 to the youngest 14. This was thirteen years back , …
