An outing in Jamshedpur, India. — All photos belong to the author. Last week, I visited the Jamshedpur Old and New Book Shops to buy some text books for my daughter. Today, I was back to buy a novel: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. …

Tea and a new baby, 2008 I was reading Michelle Scorziello ‘s article about dear old tea. Tea and the Power of Ritual My husband’s family is American and many years ago my sister-in-law came to stay with my husband and me in England. I offered her a cup of…michellescorziello.medium.com Her story reminded me of one of the happiest moments of my life, when the tea tray came into my hospital room after my baby was born.

A Jamshedpur interlude for a Londoner — All these photos were taken by my cousin or by me. I am sharing his pictures with his permission. My cousin came over to my Jamshedpur, India home last weekend. He lives in London. I was quite blown away to hear that he would be coming — I hadn’t seen…

Here’s a before-after to prove it

Godh Bharai Today, I attended a baby shower with my mom-in-law and my aunt. Indian baby showers are essentially Hindu ceremonies, but this one is special because the expectant mom and her family are Christians who follow a lot of ‘Hindu’ traditions. They don’t worship any Hindu gods or goddesses, of course…

After four years of marriage and a seven-month-old baby together. I came to know that he’s a smoker four years after we were married. Till today, twenty two years into our marriage, I still haven’t seen him smoke. He won’t smoke in front of his parents, his kids, me, or his patients. He used to smoke when we were dating…

Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, you’d love this! — I just found this amusing loaf of bread which is the best thing since sliced bread! It is a loaf of sliced bread with the corners already cut off. I hope the people cutting off those corners also use the crusts in cooking and baking. …

My washing machine and clothesline! — Some stories on Medium are so funny and make me want to write such a long response, it might be a story of its own — so here’s mine. John Whye’s The Laundromat — America’s Dirty Little Secret — It All Comes Out In The Wash — paints a picture…

An India-Pakistan Tamil Brahmin wedding story from 1939 — My uncle, aged 72, is here in my city Jamshedpur, India, for some dental work at the expert hands of my husband and myself. His dental treatment’s doing very well, well enough for him to spill some stories about his mom and dad, my paternal grandparents.