SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

' Sujata Tawde, khaate batate vade ' (meaning: Sujata Tawde, eats batate vade) Aamen , my nephew riles me when I try to wake him up early in the morning around 12 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. I flare up all right with "How could any boy be so disrespecting to his Mawshi ?". Aamen's blunt straight forward is 'What has it got to do with disrespect?, you can retaliate me with - ' Aamen kumar, Takle pe bhar '. We the family members have always been so buddy buddy with Aamen that sometimes, well almost all the times, he stretches that buddy-bond beyond boundary. I can imagine you chuckling under the breath 'As you sow, so shall you reap'. Okay fine, we don't mind! He loves us so much that everything is fair and lovely in our relationship.  Aamen is a happy, loving, caring child who loves to play, play and play still more with his friends.  His daily diet is fortified with lots of fruits, Dal -Rice, Kellogg's Chocos and fre...

Yes,  Mouse Little  , that's what my nephew   Aamen   calls me, his   Mawshi   ( mother's sister in Marathi ).  Do I scold him.? Never. I am actually proud of that nick-name as ' Mouse Little ' is Geronimo Stilton. My nephew's favorite author and the hero of a best selling children's book series is Geronimo Stilton.  ' Buddy Parenting ' is not just a term for me, I am living it Extra Large size, since Aamen 's birth. The memory of that first time, I took Aamen in my arms is still fresh in my mind as if it happened just yesterday. He was all pink and pretty like a delicate Japanese doll with tiny-winy nose, chink eyes, chubby cheeks and ruby lips.  Aamen  could not even utter an A, but I was already reading out my page two stories to him. No wonder then, he started reading the newspaper at the ripe? age of two. So what, if he held the newspaper upside down, he could recite both career and personality ...

'Money hain toh Honey hain' proclaims a hilarious Hindi movie. I would like to go one step ahead to state the reality ... 'Money hain toh Honey hain and most importantly HONEY hain toh HEALTH hain '  How?. Let's do some Reality check about  HONEY   : All over the world in general and particularly in India, Honey has always been a very popular gourmet delicacy as well as an important medical remedy for thousand years. Globally, our ancestors were well aware of the many health benefits of honey. It's earliest known use as a medicinal prescription is found in ancient clay tablets. In India, honey is an important part of Ayurveda. Egyptians used Honey to cure skin, eye diseases, and as a natural bandage applied on wounds.  HONEY is more popular due to it's Ready-to-Eat form. Even the lazy people like me, who love to eat sweet and hate to cook can use Honey in our diet liberally, that too without worrying about weight-gain. Honey can be eaten dir...

Thank God, It was Wednesday. I had already RSVPed for the GCPUG (Google Cloud Platform Users Group ) meetup on 2nd July and then I received an invite for  ZOOM  - PHILIP's launch 'Thank God It's Fryday' at ITC Grand Central -Parel (12.30 p.m.) and  GCPUG was at J. W. Marriott-Sahar (4.30 p.m.)  while I stay at Goregaon. Thank God, It was Thursday and I reached Grand Central before time to click it's Grand Glory. The grand stage was set in a ramp style for the unique Food-Fashion show to launch season 2 of ZOOM - PHILIP's popular lifestyle program 'Thank God It's Fryday'. The charming hostess acquainted the media about PHILIP's Airfryer-'Thank God It's Fryday' ,   a fusion of healthy food, popular lifestyle entertainment and fashion show, with a twist ... which will be travelling to 8 cities. ZOOM   , the flagship Bollywood and Lifestyle channel of the Times Network in partnership with Philips revealed the unique f...