Julia's Blog

My cousin and I would get it nicely (as in Bombay, they say) from our elders for playing around with Dadoo . Young children as we were, shy ...

On November 14, 2006, Centre For Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, lead by none other than Sunita Narain, gave out a press release: ...

T Janakiraman and I have something in common. He is a great Tamil writer and I am a great lover of Tamilians. Not all Tamilians, but a certa...

" Are you trying to seduce me" Dev asked wickedly. "Not at all! " I replied " I am only doing a reality check on yo...

He is visiting me again. In boarding school, He took my mother’s role Tidied my cupboard, helped me make my bed And during Ramazan Mad...

Recently I received an invitation to a special party. The invitation read: "Dear friends of Julie and Aftab, Our bachas have grown to b...

The day I arrived in the world, my mother’s stomach had been opened wide to bring me out. She was still under the influence of the anesthesi...

The feminists in India are doing it again! Starting September 9th upto 12th September, 2006, the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata is going to wi...

Freudian interpretation of dreams" I declared with some authority, " I would interpret this dream as the following… Ahem! Would yo...

Kolkata is fiery red all over. Conches are sounding all over. Hindi filmy music mixes with Bengali new Poojo sangeet Radio Mirchi is buzzing...

I saw her the moment I entered the room, sitting by herself, dressed in a red, low-necked tight mini dress. Her blonde-dyed hair fell partia...

I am in great spirits these days! Guess what? Office romance – and now I am going to tell you her name but you must promise not to take that...

Relationships. Who is the other? Or is it I forever relating with myself through others? Is there a purpose why we meet? Why the pull? Wh...

" I want you to be the mother of my children" Yogi said very meaningfully. " Where did you get that cliched line from? It’s d...

Nobody needs to tell me why, when there is shortage, there is no wastage but I need to know why, when there is abundance there is so much wa...

I’ve known Kolkata for a long time now. She is my kind of woman – Intelligent, sensuous, extremely physical yet at the same time lives in he...