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Long before Downton Abbey, there was a television serial called Upstairs ,Downstairs. Both were highly popular British television series. Downton Abbey was set in the countryside while Upstairs, Downstairs was set in London. Both were about aristocratic families and their servants. In our context, however, Ms. Papaya thinks that the neighbours upstairs, the Aptes are Read more
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When we were growing up, a watch or clock made a sound that went Tick-Tock. And as babies, we were told that all watches went tick-tock. However, modern watches do not go tick-tock, and yet we call them tick-tocks. Hubby Dear who loves collecting watches realised that he had to keep his watches wound all Read more
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Gathia is a popular Gujerati snack – deep-fried chickpea flour crispies that are favourite with every Mumbaikar. Oftentimes the mere mention of the word sets us drooling. Now, what, you may ask, is the connection between the Gathias and the Seagulls? Every winter the migratory gulls stopover in Mumbai like many of our own ‘snowbirds’. Read more

