Yesterday I took my son and his cousins to this movie - " Ghatothkach ". As Sathyam Cinemas website was down I used their door delivery facility for getting the tickets which was very convenient and you had to pay only Rs.75 extra for the service. In Mahabharat epic Ghatothkach is the son of...

I have been enjoying "Archie" comics for over two decades now. I was introduced to them during my high school days by my cousin "Anand" who is now working in USA. Those days (and even now in Indian Rupees) they used to be very expensive and not available in Chennai. So the option...

I have travelled in Chennai ECR road several times, but not even once I have stopped to go inside the Crocodile Park which is there. Today being a Sunday I was thinking of a place to take my son out and came up with this place. Though I have seen Crocodile parks in many zoos around the world, my only...

My son has fever for last two days. As any parent will know it is very difficult to get them retain (without vomiting) what they ate when they are unwell and to make them have their medicines. My son is now 5 years old and can understand things if told to him in simplified fashion. So today I told him...

How times have changed? When I was in school, we had this orange cool drink called "Gold Spot" that was hugely popular. They had a campaign at that time - to collect the stickers inside the crown of each bottle, stick it in an album and exchange them for gifts. The gift I was eagerly collecting...

Regular readers who waste time reading this blog know that I have a 4 year son and I buy lot of DVDs (CDs) for him. We try and restrict his TV viewing to an hour or two per day, not easy many times and requires all tricks of parenting. Few months back I bought from Amazon (USA) a series of DVDs titled...