View From The Top Of The Tank

Fish at the window (Illustration by A. Peter) Last night I dreamt of Fish. I thought I saw them peering at me through the window. ...

One of those days when you want quiet, a mug of tea and a book to read. (Illustration by A. Peter)

So Fish and I missed each other by a set of fins in blue, blue freaky San Francisco. I shacked up with an ancient boyfriend, becaus...

6 March 2016 Death is everywhere You are prepared, you say It sneaks in and  steals your father and your mother and your brother...

You write to say you'll call But you don't didn't  haven't The words  crept into my mind and whispered  "We wo...

Arwa Penna, the author, poet, traveler, blogger and serial nut, has died aged 90. According to one of her few surviving friends, her last w...

Photo: A. Peter  Saw this yesterday, on my way back from my walk.  Yesterday was another light day where I was able to dash home a tad ea...

After  a drought of good movies, some good ones came to Mumbai in a rush. I was lucky to catch one. The first was Piku. Nicely done. Th...

Saw my rickshaw driver staring at this lady getting on to her bike.... and I was hooked too. It's an Enfield Bullet. It is a big, hea...

In the last few days I have been tidying my cupboard, looking through old photos, trying to take pictures of old ones of my mom and her fri...

Early this month some friends of ours, their families and we caught the ferry and went to my sister-in-law's beach house in Kihim, just...

A strike in Kerala, a 'samaram' (November 2014). I think that's a church in the background. 

A single screen movie theatre in Thiruvananthapuram (November 2014). I was charmed by the building and surprised a single screen theatre ...

On my way to work one day in 2014. Near Jogeshwari, Mumbai. There are some pictures crying to be taken. This was taken during the rains. ...

This was written at end 2013. .................................................................................. I'm sitting at my w...

I got this idea after reading Veena V's obit. I enjoyed readin her's and writing mine. An Obituary Arwa Penna, the author, poet...

I want to tell you about a lady I know. She meets me everyday and has a one-sided conversation most days. I think she just wants to be he...

At our friend's place, we noticed the discus (a breed of ornamental fish) were laying eggs. At first we thought they were unwell. Three...

On Sunday we were invited to a friend's home for onam. It's late for several reasons.   The immediate family were tired this year...

I saw The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel today. I'd wanted to see the movie for a very long time, but even i was surprised that i had somet...

I don't remember when i last wrote. I know it was before my mother died. There i said it. On my own. The year has divided itself in...

Yesterday we woke up to find some men from the next building standing in a corner and talking quietly.  After about an hour, the maid ask...

  This is my entry for The Fifty-2 Weeks of 2013   Chocolates. Sweets, desserts, etc etc. In my childhood, it was a forbidden treat....

Do fish pee in water? I thought i'd ask the fish, but have been holding myself back. The chances of getting a false answer are very h...

I was curious. What did everyone else think of Mud? Apparently, much more than me. http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2013/05/05/matt...

Unlike my slow self these days, I bathed quick, ate my medicines, food be damned and ran out of the house. Managed to reach the theatre w...

So there are new fish in our tank. Rather another oldish, smallish tank, with semi-new fish and two shrimps, sharing my mother-in-la...

Last week I was waiting for a bus (yes, I travel by public transport J especially after rickshaw fares became unaffordable) and saw an i...

10 Jan 2013 S o today, after a week of working from home, I decided I had to make it more professional by wearing my watch and gold ban...

16 Jan 2013 A pound of flesh? I have an inkling of how birds take theirs. In the first year of my Masters at Mumbai University, I ...

So I went to the mall a few days ago and bought some books. Mostly for kids, who likely won't read them. Yesterday I started readin...

Had visitors in Mumbai over the weekend. Things have changed. For me too. I tried to take some days off from work and was told that I c...

The title get you? Well i've been thinking about it for a while. I sent my friends and family the blog's link and then i stoppe...

Thinking of squeezing wine-making between the end of work and start of sleep. Roughly an hour. That gives me time to eat, chat with the oth...