the whole enchilada!

Girlfriends. I have never been able to do without them. Be it an endless analysis about what "he" actually meant or finding the perfect pair of shoes or how similar our mums are or how our siblings annoy us or what we want from life. Bonding over a face pack, a song, a book, the garish red nail paint, a smoke, girlfriends just seem to make life so much easier. We are a group of 8 "girls" who have known each other for more than 10 years now. There have been several fallouts, parties, break-ups, new friends, night-outs, sleepovers not to mention crazy drunkenness, random crank calls, getting busted smoking or sneaking out or sneaking a guy/alcohol in, getting caught by the cops, holi/ diwali/parties. I could go on and on. And now we are growing up. My closest friend got married day before. She moved to New York 6 years back but we kept in touch. We used to not talk for months but when we did it would be like the old times. We were the same people so we never needed ex...

The Nano was launched. I wasn't one of the thousands who went for the launch at the Auto Expo. I had been reading about it over the past year and was mildly curious about it. Not because I wanted to buy it. But because if the TATA's actually achieved the 1 Lakh mark it would be an achievement. Besides that, I didn't give it much thought. There has been some criticism and a lot of people have raised doubts about issues related to safety, comfort, durability, etc., most of which was expected. However, a conversation I happened to overhear between two women truly opened my eyes to not only the impact of this launch on the whole of India but also how oblivious and self-centred we ( I am including all us educated middle class, and upper class Indians) are. The conversation was something on these lines: Mrs. A: That 1 lakh car has been launched. Mrs. B: I know. My husband was telling me. Can you imagine how crowded the roads will become now. Anyway, my husband feels that all the ...

Quite a few years back I was introduced to the concept of looking at the bigger picture, developing a broader perspective, looking beyond the short term gains..you get the drift. I don't remember how and when, but since then I have tried to incorporate that in every aspect of my life. And most of the times I have failed miserably. Everytime I am faced with a situation, be it an unfulfilled commitment, or my 14 year old brother or unnecessary politics at work or my mothers nonstop monologue or several other aspects of my life which drive me insane, I tend to forget all my good intentions and behave in a manner which makes me want to disown myself later. I am trying to write this blog now to remind myself of all the better and bigger things in life. I don't know if I'll continue writing but I will definitely try. "the whole enchilada!". I have been obsessed with this expression for a little over 2 years now. I remember when I came across it, I was writing a business...