We shall overcome

My darling Pari, From a long time or more correctly, from the time it became clear that we (you and I) couldn't continue being associated with your father, I have been panicked about you and your future. I used to spend sleepless nights worrying how will I take care of you all alone, as a …

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Summer Spring Birthday Cake

After crossing out countless cake ideas, I finally decided on baking a cake that everyone loves, a vanilla cake. I wasn't ready for any kind of failures when it was a cake for such an important day of my life. I decided to look for cakes that would sit close to my principle recipe of …

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We are one

My darling Pari, Within minutes, the clock will strike twelve and we will turn one year old. I can feel my heart beating loud in my ears, just the way I had felt a year ago. You were born and I was re-born on this day, this makes us both one year old. They say time …

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Pierced

My darling Pari, It's been a very eventful day today. Full of emotions, heat, humidity, action, fear, sweat, tears and pain. Another major milestone in our lives before you reach your first birthday. Let me begin with an amazing finding that I came across early morning. In this (almost) one year journey, I have lost …

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My Fitness Regimen

My fitness regimen is unconventional, but something I am sure many of you must have/ will experience at some point in your life. I say so because I live with my personal trainer, my daughter. Yeah, an eleven month old is these days incharge  in full control of my fitness. Some of the exercises we …

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