A musing on the recent 50th anniversary celebration of MMLA (Maharashtra Mandal Los Angeles). A single live rehearsal with the entire group together, just one Continue Reading
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For the love of words
Human beings are social creatures and as we all know we bond over our love for food, for sports, for books and recently, over the Continue Reading
Priceless air
The Gujaratis are known to be enterprising, consummate businessmen. Some are very generous too. They have traveled across lands to the Middle East, across oceans Continue Reading
Under the Sea
The voice in my head kept telling me it was a disaster in waiting, but I also knew I couldn’t quit without even trying – Continue Reading
How long…
Childhood friends, then more in highschool College buddies, then those at work Life moved one group to another How long would the love last? Then Continue Reading
Route 66
Anyone who raised a little boy in the 2000s could not have missed the charm of Route 66, the fictional town of Radiator Springs and Continue Reading
Food for thought
When I was twenty, my grandmother lived with us and she was full six decades older than I. In a curious case of history repeating Continue Reading
A small service
“You know if I’m not doing this right, it’s because we don’t eat red meat”, I said removing a stack of beef patties from the Continue Reading
Ring out the old, ring in the new…
Saturday afternoon I found myself drifting away and the audiobook lulling me to sleep instead of firing off neurons! What else could I expect after Continue Reading
Bursting bubbles
Late Sunday afternoon I went for a walk in the neighborhood – a daily routine that many of us have established since the novel coronavirus Continue Reading
Thankful for 2020
This Thanksgiving it is two years since my first post on this site. As with all things new and shiny, I had been enthusiastic early Continue Reading
Pots and pans
There is something comforting knowing our kitchen is stocked a tiny bit less than it was a day back. There are fewer serving spoons, two Continue Reading
Meri Pasand
The conversation is so etched in memory – I can replay it as if it happened three minutes back and not over three decades ago. Continue Reading
Quarantine collections
Last week I was gently reminded by a friend that many days had passed since any new posts on Irvinekar.com. Hubby sweetly chided me too Continue Reading
Two blue check marks
If the title made you smile you are like me, one of the millions who feel dare I say, an irrational sense of accomplishment and Continue Reading
Grammatically happy
This short piece is a fond look at the nuances of punctuation that conclude sentences and build relationships. I enjoy writing, and like to think Continue Reading
Me Irvinekar
Life can be enriched by conversations with strangers as I found on a trip to Canada in October 2018 (about a year ago). These thoughts Continue Reading
A new month
With October just around the corner and Diwali early this year, I was reminded of this piece I happened to write many years back in Continue Reading
Forgotten vocab
It somehow reminded me of Harry Potter and Google at the same time. A mouthful to say, not remotely jovial in meaning but a funny Continue Reading
Grey is not dull
Yesterday, on Easter Day, I was reminded of these lines I wrote around a year back. It was good to pause and reflect. April 2018 Continue Reading