One of my friends, let’s call him Friend 1 (Unmarried one) was appalled at the fact that I talk to my legally wedded husband during lunch-break everyday! A passer-by for this incident, another friend (friend 2, the married one), commented saying “they are still in love!”. So the friend-1 retorted asking, “Even after 4 years???”
Nah, it’s not “awwwweee” worthy. Get real people, if you talk... 
When I sign my name, or say my name it’s with a flourish. When I extend my arm to introduce myself, a natural confidence flows through my handshake and it makes me smile.
Its not as dramatic as Jumpa Lahiri’s Namesake but my name has a story too.
Its been a while since I bid a tearful fareful to “Vaishnavi Thatha”. Vaishnavi Thatha! Aah! A perfect match! Its not that I am a feminist... 
With 2010 around the corner, America is gliding into something that vaguely resembles a recovery. So how am I riding the crest of the economic recovery? How is my immigrant life placed in America and its post-traumatic stress disorder? Well, I am thankful to have a job and at the end of the tunnel I do see opportunities for greater responsibilities.
When I was a teenager, I remember asking my grandpa how... 
Longing for you all these years,
I have beaten bushes wrecking my foot gears.
Why have you hidden from my eyes?
Did you not hear my cries?
You are as valued as “true love” to a lass,
Did I not find you since I gained more mass?
In the core of my heart, knew I’ll find you in my way…
Truly, I did not care about the price to pay!
Holding aces, I couldn’t believe my lucky star,
When I... 
A bunch of guys at work challenged me if I could handle “Habanero “sauce. I am used to eating extreme versions of Karam. “Hot” like its hard to imagine. Well, all these years I have never really had to prove to anybody that I could handle the spice. First of all, eating hot and spicy food is not good for health! Period! This is something I am not so proud of too. I want to like and eat healthy. I... 