July & Aug 2022 – Meeting Friends !!
The two months before September have all been about meeting friends ! With the pandemic receding, its so refreshing to meet people again.
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Same Day, Last Year
India made her tryst with destiny at the stroke of midnight on Aug 14th and our KVAFA gang made a similar tryst with a destination at the stroke of midnight on Aug 15th 2019 :). We had our second reunion in Delhi this day (Aug 16) last year. Ravindra sent the pictures from the reunion … Read more
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 :):)
Karma and Sanatana Dharma
If I knew the Karma theory early on, that I am responsible for every action of mine and the consequences it brings, I might have lived a better life !
Birthday in a gifted Saree
#LockdownTales I rang in my 51 birthday with a saree that was gifted to me by my dearest friend Geetu for my 50th birthday :). Since I had already got my special saree for my 50th birthday, I kept her gift to be worn for this birthday. Its a beautiful printed silk and has Madhubani … Read more
School in Vienna and School in India
The following picture is of a school in Vienna on the Graf Starhemberger Strasse. Around 2 pm when the school closed for the day, mothers have come to take their children back home. There is not a single child being taken home in a car. They are either walking or being taken on a cycle. … Read more
Hey Ram, ShriRam !
The above picture is from today afternoon around 2.45 pm. Its a traffic jam that occurs every week day around this time and today was no exception. We were returning home from our meeting at Vidya school. This is the Hamilton Court road that leads to Galleria market in DLF Phase 4. Here’s another pic … Read more
Edinburgh Day 1 … Love at first sight
Friday Aug 24, 2018 We spent nearly seven hours at the Oxenholme station on the 24th as the weather forecast was spot on – it did rain every hour or so and sometimes it was a heavy shower. I managed to use the time to come upto speed with the London part of the tour. … Read more
Happy Diwali – Light lamps of truth, knowledge and immortality
I am a product of Kendriya Vidyalaya, the government run schools, that are especially for the armed forces and other folks whose parents are in transferable jobs. Everyday we had our morning prayers and a thought for the day.. I was remembering the prayer all day today because its so relevant to the times we … Read more
A reunion that almost didn’t happen !
Nearly six months back Bhagya asked all of us if we had time to get together for a reunion in June 2017 as she was coming over from the US for a family wedding. I was the first one to say yes, little knowing what was in store for us as 2017 dawned. I had … Read more