This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi …. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
Mom has been with us since 2009 as dad passed away in Dec 2008. We spent almost two years convincing my mother to use a cellphone. She had the most wonderful excuses to offer – “I can’t hear anything on the cellphone” or “its too much money for a call” or “Health is affected because … Read more
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
In my life, after Mother’s milk, the most important food items have been idli and dosa. No prizes for guessing that I am an Indian who comes from one of the southern states :). I am a Tamilian born in Tirunelveli whose first language is Hindi, who loves Delhi, and speaks Tamil better than most … Read more
In December 2018, we started planning a surprise for my mother who turned 75 yesterday. Amma doesn’t wear new saris and she doesn’t like parties etc, but she loves the place that she was born and grew up in – Tirunelveli. So Krishnan suggested that we celebrate her 75th at Tirunelveli. I immediately booked our … Read more
When a wife gets slapped around and battered, the world calls it “domestic” violence. The news media all over the world, print, TV, and the myriad forms of news gathering and transmission gives this kind of violence a complete miss. No hotel gets attacked, nobody “known” gets hurt, there is nothing to gain from reporting … Read more
We called her to wish her a happy birthday and she replied with her standard statement – “am too old to be celebrating birthdays and I shouldn’t be around for the next one”. Last year she was actually unwell and just unable to enjoy her special day. This year she is not around … just … Read more
Today was the day of the quarter when he could come to that particular square area where sunlight could reach in his prison. It took nearly a half hour for his eyes to stop watering and stay open. For 89 days he only sees the dull glow of the prison bulb and breathes the stale … Read more
The daughter sat in an autorickshaw and feebly told the driver where she wanted to go. Twenty years back around the same time, 12 noon, same day, Friday, her mother too sat in an autorickshaw but not alone. Her youngest brother was with her, she couldn’t even speak feebly.. She just closed her eyes and … Read more
She is still waiting, For his shoes to hit the door And the thud of his bag Hitting the floor The hungry call to her for food…. The plate is full, But her son is several feet Below the ground … She did see the big hole On his forehead, that nothing could fill She … Read more
My mother-in-law came and stayed with us for a couple of weeks in March, just before we moved out of Bangalore and in the twenty four years I have known her, this time I felt she has lost a lot of her vitality. My mom-in-law has had every adversity thrown at her and she just … Read more