Repairs At Home
This blog documents a “repair” day in our rented home. Am annoyed that we lost a day but also happy that workers in Coimbatore clean up after themselves. Que sera, sera… whatever will be, will be.
Clothes
Growing up Mom #5
My father gave Mom a name – “Ba-Tu-Ta”, naming her after the great Chinese traveller who came to India during the reign of Mohammed Bin Tughlaq. Amma’s name though is an acronym – “Ba” is written as “Pa” in Tamil script, the alphabet for Pa and Ba being the same and the context decides the … Read more
Growing up Mom – #1
About a week back, I got Amma to write the following and sign it. Its written in Tamil and it means that my mother promises not to wash clothes by hand from Dec 21st till Jan 12th. 🙂 I got it posted in my maternal family’s whatsapp group and all my cousins have been calling … Read more
Scotland Day 8 – A day of Prep
Friday Aug 31, 2018 – Edinburgh As we were leaving for Hamburg the next day, we decided to take this day off from sightseeing in order to prepare for the Germany leg of the trip. Sriman, Kiran and the kids all went to their respective offices and schools and we started the prep by loading … Read more
My concert saris – 1 :)
For the past week, we have been attending music concerts at Chennai as part of the Chennai December music season. I had brought with me some of my favourite saris to wear at these concerts and got kudos for one sari from a complete stranger yesterday :), so am on a high. I have also … Read more
Presentation is key
Yes, am a little particular. I cannot sit in smelly or unclean cars. I have had to do that for two days in a row on Wednesday and Thursday and I needed Friday to recover before I could write about it !! 🙂 I don’t have a great sense of smell, I can only see … Read more