It’s summer-time again and time for the dreaded mosquitoes to come whizzing into our lives. We may love the outdoors and go camping, hiking, and backpacking, but spending quality time with the ...Read More Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Sun, Mar 27, 2011(5076)
So what are you going to do the coming Wednesday, D-day of the India-Pakistan cricket match at Mohali? Will you chew your nails in anxiety, get angry and irritable with every ball, and maybe break a ...Read More Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Sun, Mar 27, 2011(4605)
When I was young, I knew someone in school, a very plump, tanned girl in the eighth grade, with thick glasses and oily braids. She was quite a bookworm and kept to herself – even during lunchti...Read More Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Sun, Mar 27, 2011(3488)
There’s surely something in the lilt of a woman’s voice when she talks to a ‘special’ member of the opposite sex. Likewise, there is something more than ordinary in the timber...Read More Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Mon, Mar 21, 2011(3957)
During the middle of winter this year, like the last one, I bought seeds of flowering plants like calendula, petunia, dahlia, chrysanthemum, pansy, gazania and rose. I sowed them in small pots and ar...Read More Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Sat, Mar 19, 2011(4920)
When Mrs Vashishth's husband started taking less interest in their conjugal life in a matter of a few months, Mrs Vashishth felt a growing sense of alarm. What had come over him to ignore her after 1...Read More Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Sat, Mar 19, 2011(4281)
Hey! What are you planning to do this Holi? Will it be the same gulal, sweets and bingeing on food-and-drinks routine? Not quite, with me around, that is! Start your day right if you don't want to en...Read More Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Sat, Mar 19, 2011(3933)
What if I don’t get married?
What if I get a particular disease?
What if I die poor?
What if I don’t adjust well to my place of work?
What if m...Read More Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Sat, Mar 12, 2011(4443)
This spring I was in Mahabaleshwar, 120 km from Pune and 250 km from Mumbai. It is a resort town, situated on a plateau. Every landscape here looks like a picture postcard. It’s popular with Mu...Read More Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Sun, Mar 6, 2011(3990)