Saqqara – 2500 year old Sarcophagi found
Some pictures from our trip to Egypt, Pyramids of Giza and The Djoser Step Pyramid complex in Saqqara, on Sept 6, 2004.
memories
Aadi Amavasya – It Poured
It was Aadi Amavasya on the 20th of July. For the past couple of days it has been raining regularly. I captured the sound of rain pouring in a video 🙂
Hairy Tales – Memories re-lived
Read about how my long hair got progressively shorter and lovely memories with Mom braiding my short hair yesterday. Hairy Tales :):)
My Mother…
Dearest Amma, Today is your death anniversary. It’s now three years since you left this world on the day chosen by you. Though you have left, we are full of memories…of the extraordinary life and times that we were together. Amma, if we have to describe you in words, they would be…selfless, giving, disciplined, full … Read more
Daily Gratitude
What are you grateful for today ? I am grateful to be back in touch with my friends from IIM Ahmedabad.
Water Bottles from Muktinath
Today while cleaning the fridge, I took out these two 2-litre water bottles to clean and refill with water. These bottles are the only plastic bottles left with me as we have completely shifted to steel or copper bottles for storing water. These bottles are very special because we got them in Nepal in 2006, … Read more
Coffee from Bolaven Plateau – Laos
While rummaging through the grocery drawer, I found a few packets of this Arabica coffee powder that the hotel in Luang Prabang, Laos had gifted us. For some reason, I had not opened them at all. Just seeing them brought back all the memories of the nice vacation in Laos in 2016. Do read about … Read more
Usman Road and my Mother-in-Law
When we were in Chennai a couple of weeks back, we happened to go to Usman Road, T.Nagar and Krishnan and I both remembered my mother-in-law’s liking for “Thirattu Paal” from the Gomathi Shankar sweet shop. Amma would eat very little of it but Krishnan would polish it off :). My introduction to Usman Road … Read more
Coffee Tales
We all woke up late today so I didn’t have enough time to make the coffee decoction in the percolator, so I used the French Press. Then I started thinking about my coffee drinking habit over the years. I grew up drinking tea and even now, tea is what I love more than coffee…. all … Read more