Kamal Kaur’s weekly column in the Star newspaper
‘Life with a Pinch of Masala’
It is commonly thought that Diwali is the time all Asians in Kenya celebrate their new year but there are very many different religions amongst the Asians here so thereโs always a religious celebration every now and then… Read more Continue reading Celebrating 313 years of Vaisakhi
Kenyan audiences are being spoiled and wonderfully pampered by Ranee Productions because whatever Ranee Jamal touches, turns to gold. I have been to very many concerts in my lifetime, not just in Kenya but abroad too, and … Read more Continue reading Kailash Kher and Kailasa for a good cause
These guys are usually eyeing up the divas who have zeroed in on who they want to be match-made with. The giggles and the weird walking up and down in front of the guys takes on an interesting dimension eventually. The old ladies with… Read more Continue reading Go onโฆ Pinch my Masala!
From Nuclear Thermostat Disasters to breakfast in bed, Iโve been saved and spoiled by my kids very many times. Theyโll do amazing things to make me weep tears of gratitude and then perfectly balance this equation out by driving me mad by doing things that will raise my blood pressure and make give them death glares… Read more Continue reading For what itโs worthโฆ
Iโm not hugely into going out to party until the wee hours of the morning. I feel Iโve been there, done that and Iโve got more than a closetful of t-shirts but that doesnโt mean I donโt go out at all… Continue reading Donโt stop โtil you get enoughโฆ
As a kid, it’s always been one of my biggest fears – getting lost in a huge place and not being able to find a familiar face. I have watched Bollywood movies where siblings have been parted as kids and have suddenly found each other when … Continue reading LOST!
Then there are those who decide that hiding behind a false ID on the Net will let them do and say whatever they want. They create accounts on social media for the sole purpose of abusing or putting people down. The only social exchanges they have are actually anti-social behavior. Sites like Facebook and Twitter may boast of millions of account holders but… Continue reading You really think you’re anonymous…?
Before you think Iโm big on word play let me quickly let you know that Flabbergasted and Overwhelmed were the names of our two goldfish. Before them we had Ovagello and Yunnafinn. Then we had Jaws 1 and Jaws 2. After them we also had Kabis and Kadis, who have all gone to Fish Heaven… Read more Continue reading And so Flabbergasted went to Overwhelmedโฆ
Oprah has interviewed Aishwariya on her show in the USA and was gifted a sari back then and again this time when Oprah decided to visit her friend, once again she was gifted a sari by Aishwariya that Oprah wore to a function when she went out with the Bachchan family… Read more Continue reading The big deal with Oprah Winfreyโs sari
The offspring keeps me highly amused at best of times, especially when theyโre not raising my blood pressure to new sky high limits by fighting each other and bickering until I have to tell them off and them Iโm looked at with big huge eyes as the two of them cling on to each other as though Iโm about to eradicate their happiness. Continue reading Near-brush with a nuclear thermostatic catastrophe
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