Shail's Nest

Here is something that happened during my college days. The year was 1979 and the place, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam. One fine day as the classes in the college were in full swing, some boys from some nearby colleges barged in, pushing aside the lone security guard at the gate. This was a rare and [...]

I was born in an age when it was assumed by the general majority that it was quite okay if the man hit his wife occasionally (all for her own good) or even on a regular basis for her ostensible ‘mistakes’ like putting too much salt in the curry or not serving the tea at [...]

If you were to have met me a couple of days back on the Intercity Express and were to surmise from the smug expression on my face that I was content at a job well done, you would not have been far from the truth. The next question that begs an answer would then arise: [...]

All ye sisters of mine (and you brothers, stay well out of this one!! Grrr….) lend me your ears or rather this being a blog and all that your eyes please. I recently came across a  ‘prescription’ and a mind-bogglingly easy one to swallow …errrr, follow, for that ‘very liberating’ feeling we the sisters have [...]

This is not what you think it is. Moi certainly doesn’t have an identity crisis. Oh no siree, not at all. But someone or someones (Pardon the expression, I know there is no such word, but just couldn’t help the usage) else seems/seem to have a ‘crisis’ of gargantuan proportion about my ‘identity’! Now if [...]

If you notice, I have two new badges in the top right-hand corner of my page. The copyright one is familiar to most of you. Perhaps the one below is not yet. Enough is enough. I have now joined the Bloggers Against Plagiarism drive. It is the need of the hour. Just what the doctor [...]

It’s presumptuous how some people mete out unwanted advice. Has me shaking my head in disbelief most times. Apart from the thought that makes me wonder why they think they must do so, is another more alarming one: Do I have ‘imbecile’ written in neon all over my countenance??.. Hmmm… I mean why else would [...]