Rachna Singh's Blog, page 8
March 7, 2015
The Mithai Message
Advocate ML Sharma gave us a very kind piece of advice ��� keep the mithai in the refrigerator inside the house. If you leave it outside your door, the dogs will eat it. And then, you cannot blame the dogs. It makes complete sense. Who can argue with this? In fact, I feel like a […]
March 3, 2015
Search for the Cheer, Ladies
Well Mr FM, I will have to advise women-folk to fetch their glasses�� — the ones they rest on their noses and also the ones they hold in their hands to figure out how the Union budget 2015 works for them. Ok Ladies, to get you started, let me start with the bad news: there […]
February 28, 2015
The Pinkathon Tamasha
Five Questions for Milind Soman The Pinkathon concluded recently in Bangalore with a record number of pink-clad women participating. It was extremely heartening to see women of all ages taking to the streets for a run. A few breast-cancer survivors were also roped in for the event. They roamed around the place mostly, ignored by […]
February 2, 2015
Oh Baby!
BABY was like someone with an urge to pass gas ��� in short, excited squirts. Till at the end, it was one long, happy emission. Let me be fair ��� it���s a fast-paced, well-shot movie with a compelling plot ��� just the ���plot-holes��� kept knocking us out. Whether it was the laptop that survived a […]
December 24, 2014
Do Women Leaders Need to be Loud?
A few days back I was at the Oxford Cha Bar to enjoy the cup of tea that I had missed in the morning hurry. I flipped through the first few pages of ‘The Finkler Question’ to reach the part where I had left it. I beckoned to the server. Just as I did, there […]
December 10, 2014
An excerpt from ‘Digs, Dogs and Drama’ – Twenty-Five Signs that are a U.P. Bhaiyya
Twenty-Five Signs that are a U.P. Bhaiyya You have just come to, say, in Moradabad, or maybe, Gorakhpur. You enter an ATM kiosk. You are aware that the magnetic strip on your card is slightly damaged and it takes few attempts to get it working. The person next in line watches you, as you try, […]
November 20, 2014
Grace Hopper Conference – A Day to Remember
Selfie with Rohan Bopanna Today, for the first time in my life, I got mobbed for autographs. By young, bright-eyed women at the Grace Hopper Conference, just after my panel discussion on ‘Finding Your Voice’. It was surreal. My friend, Viji Venkatesan had invited me to speak on the panel. And, I grabbed the opportunity. […]
November 16, 2014
Hey Leaders, Leave Those Leaves Alone
Today, my maid did not show up. As I drown in a pile of laundry, trying to keep my face above the socks, all the television is showing are groups of politicians chasing a dry leaf with brooms. The leaf seems to be surprised – it was hanging peacefully on the tree, albeit by the […]
October 18, 2014
A ‘Psychologist’s’ Life
It’s easy to be a Psychologist. If you have studied the subject at any point of your life, even if it is a two-week course at M.I.T. (Malleswaram Institute of Tonsil Care), you will be known as a PSYCHOLOGIST, thereafter, for the rest of your life. I love that. You see, I have studied the […]
October 1, 2014
Against Medical Advice
It must have been something I ate, or the water I drank, or – my personal favourite reason, thanks Monica — ‘kisi ki nazar lag gayi’, that I had to be admitted in the hospital over the weekend. I hate hospitals, and even consider running away just as the sweet nurse approaches me with a […]
