Posted by wannabauthor on March 4, 2011 · 3 Comments
I have never blogged about food before. Well yeah, there that was offhand entry about my salad nightmares with the family, but other than that nil. So when I was asked to write about my expat life at Singapore, predictably enough the first thing I thought about was the local food. Not much of a surprise … Read more
Filed under NRI, The 'Burps' and 'Glugs' of my Days · Tagged with Asia, cooking, cuisine, curry, dining, dosa, food, food court, gravy, hawker centre, home, ice cream prata, Indian, Local food, Malaysia, Roti, roti john, Roti prata, Singapore, snacks, thosai
Posted by wannabauthor on January 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Dedicated to all the Eve-teasers of the World! Off with your kind!
Filed under NRI, Stuff which I notice and more often don't · Tagged with Asia, Bus, comment, eve-teaser, eve-teasing, eve-teasing on Indian bus, girl, harrassment, India, Indian, joke, lady, leer, man, public transport, society, touch, train, vulgar, whistle, woman
Posted by wannabauthor on December 22, 2010 · 4 Comments
Remember that time when it was considered cool to have the lady-in-the-Renaissance-painting figure? (Sometime when Da Vinci’s beard was still the “in thing“) I wouldn’t necessarily call that figure an hourglass. It was more like an hourglass which was left near the fire too long and melted and sagged and clumped a bit in ALL the … Read more
Filed under NRI, People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps. · Tagged with actress, anatomy, Asia, baby, body, Bollywood, camera, Chennai, Da vinci, Darwin, diet, eat, Endhiran, evolution, food, genes, genetics, heritage, Hip, hips, humour, India, Indian, NRI, People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps., poster, Rajinikanth, Rajnikanth, Rennaisance, society, Technicolor
Posted by wannabauthor on November 25, 2010 · 3 Comments
Ditch the veggies? Grab the meat? A vegetarian’s dilemma.
Filed under NRI, People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps. · Tagged with Buddhism, diary, dosa, egg, Health, ICH, idli, India, Indian, Indian Coffee house, Lifestyle Choices, Little India, McD, McDonalds, meat, noodle, onsite, Rice, sambhar, Singapore, Veganism, vegetable, Vegetarianism
Posted by wannabauthor on August 20, 2010 · 14 Comments
A crowded Indian restaurant. A waiter with a wandering eye. A beautiful customer and an unwanted occupant at the table.
Filed under 100 % Fiction, Stuff which made me feel sappy, The 'Burps' and 'Glugs' of my Days · Tagged with clean, cooking, crowded, dahi puri, eat, food, girl, hungry, Indian, intruder, lime juice, man, Restaurant, waiter
Posted by wannabauthor on July 28, 2010 · 5 Comments
I have been ‘tagged’. In bloggers terms, that means I have to write about a topic that my ‘tagger’ has written about. In this case, the topic in question is 10 surprising things about me which people do not know. Also the 10 things should be clear no-no’s as per the ‘invisible book of gender … Read more
Posted by wannabauthor on July 6, 2010 · 22 Comments
Indians. Fake interests. And Kisses. Curious? Read more…
Posted by wannabauthor on June 18, 2010 · 3 Comments
A slightly exaggerated look at NRI women and their losing battle with the bulge 
Too Close for Comfort
Posted by wannabauthor on January 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Dedicated to all the Eve-teasers of the World! Off with your kind!
Filed under NRI, Stuff which I notice and more often don't · Tagged with Asia, Bus, comment, eve-teaser, eve-teasing, eve-teasing on Indian bus, girl, harrassment, India, Indian, joke, lady, leer, man, public transport, society, touch, train, vulgar, whistle, woman