After saying I needed another account like I need exposure to Ecoli, I signed up for Pinterest. Call it peer pressure, or my mind’s need to indulge in the very visual after hours of wrestling with words, I’ve been pinning my heart away. My boards (the groupings of images I select) reflect my interests or [...]
Savory Summer Blog Hop 2012
by Mohanalakshmi on January 19, 2012 in Culture
Middle of January may seem a bit early to be looking towards summer. Call it post vacation blues, but plans are underfoot, both for family travel as well as blog content (amongst a range of other things including the publication of more books! As part of my resolve in 2012 to keep upping my game [...]
Fasting from Friends?
by Mohanalakshmi on August 14, 2011 in Culture
I love Ramadan, have from the first time I experienced it in Qatar. The fact many places are closed in the middle of the day removes the temptation to run around the city in an exhaust induced daze, wilting from heat and hating humanity. Instead it’s sort of like desert hibernation: I withdrawn into myself [...]
We Don’t Have to do it Your Way
by Mohanalakshmi on July 26, 2011 in Culture
I was having lunch with a friend the other day and as our nearly one year old boys toddled around her house, we got to chewing the salads and also the fat of life as close friends (and it must be said, women) do. Everything from business ideas to family drama was on the table [...]







