Posted by Vidya Raja | Aug 15, 2013 | Mom Notes |
At the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, then an age ends, and when the soul of a...
Read MorePosted by Vidya Raja | Aug 7, 2013 | Food, Lifestyle, Snacks, Tamil Recipes |
Being home is always special, to add to that if you have two wonderful cooks in your mother and grandmother asking you what you would like for breakfast, lunch, and dinner – you truly are being pampered. On a cloudy...
Read MorePosted by Vidya Raja | Jul 21, 2013 | South Indian Recipes |
As a child I grew up watching my mother cook – the smells, sounds, taste, all so clear in my mind. At the risk of sounding pompous I say that I knew I would be able to cook up a more than average meal when my time came. My...
Read MorePosted by Vidya Raja | Jul 7, 2013 | Mom Reviews |
If you’ve entered the restaurant in a happy mood and manage to leave happy, I would think that the restaurant did justice to the food that they serve. On a rainy Thursday afternoon the husband and I walked into Bhatti...
Read MorePosted by Vidya Raja | Jun 26, 2013 | Mom Notes |
I had completely surrendered myself at the hands of my pedicurist, my feet were singing out in happiness. I was drifting into my dream sequence; I was blissfully enjoying this pampering when I caught my pedicurist peering...
Read MorePosted by Vidya Raja | May 21, 2013 | Mom Notes |
I sat with my cup of hot chocolate and watched the rain come down, it felt like the world was weeping for me. I hadn’t shed a tear in years now. To be precise I hadn’t cried in 11 years and 4 months. I suffered the...
Read MorePosted by Vidya Raja | Mar 15, 2013 | Mom Reviews |
Think Madhuban and an imagery of a lush green forest is what the mind conjures up. The last thing I would have associated Madhuban with was food from the south of India. Being a South Indian it isn’t very often that I...
Read MorePosted by Vidya Raja | Jul 18, 2012 | Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Act |
Often, justice is not served because the victims have no idea what is the legal procedure involved or indeed what law is applicable. Vidya Raja starts off this column on laws that can help women fight crimes. Here is a low down...
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