The Witty Wordsmith
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A step by step guide on how not to write a recipe – part 1
August 28, 2023, 1:03 PM IST
Rather belatedly in my writer’s journey, I have realised that posts and videos on food garner the most views. And ergo, I have decided to jump onto the band wagon and try my hand at…
August 28, 2023, 1:03 PM IST
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Jack of all fruits!
August 7, 2023, 7:31 PM IST
So, we’ve retired and relocated from Abu Dhabi back to Udupi, a coastal town in Karnataka. That is a well-known fact, by now, mainly because I’ve been shouting it out from the rooftops for donkey’s…
August 7, 2023, 7:31 PM IST
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Bag, baggage, bucket, and some tadka!
July 17, 2023, 4:12 PM IST
We learnt the true meaning of ‘relocating’ only after the relocation was done; from Abu Dhabi where we had spent 25 years, back to our home town, Udupi. The enormity of it all hit us…
July 17, 2023, 4:12 PM IST
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What’s your age again?
July 3, 2023, 3:35 PM IST
A little before every major festival every year, I end up calling my dad to confirm the exact date for the said festival. Why so, you may well ask. You see, because of the diverse…
July 3, 2023, 3:35 PM IST
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Yes macha, we’re in Bengaluru
June 16, 2023, 7:10 PM IST
Most of my regular readers must be aware by now that, we, that is – my husband and I, are spending our just retired days shuttling between Udupi and Bangalore. Both places have their charms….
June 16, 2023, 7:10 PM IST
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This time the CUP is ours!
April 3, 2023, 11:33 AM IST
If you’ve been following this column regularly, you would probably be aware of my whereabouts now. But for those who came in late, we have relocated back to our motherland and until the cargo arrives,…
April 3, 2023, 11:33 AM IST
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Kamalamma and naatu naatu
March 20, 2023, 5:09 PM IST
Myself Kamalamma from Kunjibettu in Udupi. What to tell you! That day, one poor man is coming to me in the street and asking for money and I am giving him some loose change from…
March 20, 2023, 5:09 PM IST
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Abu Dhabi – our oasis for a quarter of a century
March 14, 2023, 5:31 PM IST
Home is where the heart is, as the old cliché goes and my home was in Abu Dhabi, UAE for a quarter of a century. Yup, you read that right. In the same country, city…
March 14, 2023, 5:31 PM IST
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That thing called sleepover
December 24, 2022, 4:37 PM IST
One of the strange mysteries of this generation is that thing called sleepover. We didn’t have it in ours and to date, I am unable to understand the concept or motive for one. For the…
December 24, 2022, 4:37 PM IST
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Football, Fifa World Cup and me
November 28, 2022, 11:41 AM IST
The excitement of the FIFA World Cup has caught on around the globe with a trophy to be won in Qatar. While I can’t quite guarantee about the rest of the world, the heat is…
November 28, 2022, 11:41 AM IST
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Who is helping whom finally?
November 15, 2022, 10:25 PM IST
I was on a phone call with my parents in Udupi a couple of weeks back and we put each other up to date with the week’s activities on both sides. I listened to my…
November 15, 2022, 10:25 PM IST
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A letter to Amitabh Bachchan on his 80th birthday
October 11, 2022, 7:46 PM IST
Dear Mr Bachchan, If not for you, I would have been a doctor, an engineer, a Chartered Accountant or maybe, a lawyer. I’ll tell you how … I come from a family of intelligent and…
October 11, 2022, 7:46 PM IST
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Kamalamma and kaun banega pati patni
October 1, 2022, 3:44 PM IST
Myself Kamalamma from Kunjibettu in Udupi. I am watching Kaun Banega Karodpati on Sony TV and what to tell you – Kamalamma is giving correct answers to so many questions, if I am calculate I…
October 1, 2022, 3:44 PM IST
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Kamalamma and Boycott Bollywood!
September 7, 2022, 5:30 PM IST
Myself Kamalamma from Kunjibettu in Udupi. What to tell you … nowadays, we are getting to learn new and big words. From Corona time we are hearing quarantine and distancing and sanitizer and now, it…
September 7, 2022, 5:30 PM IST
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Are your eyebrows insured?
August 29, 2022, 2:06 PM IST
In almost every intelligent Indian TV serial or movie, when the characters emerge out of a deep coma, by default they are required to look around blankly and say, where am I? In the worst-case…
August 29, 2022, 2:06 PM IST
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No kicking: It’s a plane not a football
August 8, 2022, 6:34 PM IST
I flew into my home town Udupi recently and flew out 3 weeks later and somebody remarked that I keep zipping in and out of India, and an international flight is quite like a local…
August 8, 2022, 6:34 PM IST
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The braves and the not so brave
July 27, 2022, 7:47 PM IST
Talk about coincidences …! There I was in a cab in bumper-to-bumper traffic in a busy street; and with nothing to look at except cars and more cars to my north, south, east and west,…
July 27, 2022, 7:47 PM IST
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Kamalamma and Athithi Devo Bhava
July 11, 2022, 4:56 PM IST
Myself Kamalamma from Udupi, Karnataka. What to tell you! After so many months of that corona when people are not going visiting and all, now I am not knowing what to do when guests are…
July 11, 2022, 4:56 PM IST
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Kamalamma, Mona Lisa and the cake
June 6, 2022, 12:16 PM IST
Myself Kamalamma from Udupi, Karnataka. What to tell you? Yesterday, the Mister is sitting on the sofa and shaking his head from left to right and right to left and saying tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk….
June 6, 2022, 12:16 PM IST
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All aboard the lean mean flying machine!
May 30, 2022, 5:16 PM IST
“Dear customer, due to congestion at the airport, we recommend you to report at least 4 hours prior to departure ….” went the SMS from a private airline, the lean, mean flying machine we had…
May 30, 2022, 5:16 PM IST
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