Deepavali 2022
We had a muted celebration for Deepavali this year but did decorate the house a little and made one sweet for tradition’s sake.
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A Special Haircut
For the first time on May 18th, I got a special haircut ! Krishnan cut my hair following my friend Rosamma’s instructions :).
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
A “decent cake” on your 50th
The huge surprise was spoiled because of you knowing me well enough and that blasted intuition of yours but atleast it was a surprise dear Hareesh !! I don’t remember who introduced us in Pace Elcot way back in 1991 … I think it was during the lunch break that Babu Chitappa (Mr. Chari) who … Read more
49th birthday … the calm after the storm !
On 6th April, I turned 49. The day started with Yoga and a walk… and then a deluge of wishes starting with Nachi and Kousalya’s call early in the morning. Then the KV Happy Valley gang called on top of each other.. Adeeti, Javed and Hemamalini’s (Geetu) calls overlapped :). Finally at 10 am I … Read more
Happy 80th Appa
Dear Appa, Happy birthday ! If you had been around we would have made a big deal of this birthday as you turn 80 … we could have done your “Sathabhishekam”. Well, some other lifetime maybe. For today, we celebrated with your favourite food – the “poli”. I was trying to find some of the … Read more
Blessings early in the morning…
Amma and I went out for our daily walk today thinking we would do just one round (1.6 kms) as my yoga teacher was expected at 6 am. Just as we were getting down in the elevator I got a message saying the yoga teacher was not coming today. So we decided to do our … Read more
The fire is gone… the Firebrand spirit lives on
We were to return to Gurgaon from Hyderabad on Sunday, June 4th, but our program changed since we had to get the car serviced one more time and had some more people to meet in Hyderabad. We decided to leave on Wed, June 7th. I started to pack on the 6th and realised that for … Read more
A special birthday at Vizag…
May 15, 1990… I went to work early as always. I was not sure if VG could call me today as all the phone lines were down. He had spoken to me yesterday and I was very upset because he couldn’t come over to Vizag to celebrate his birthday tomorrow. Well, the cyclone has disrupted … Read more
Three Mothers …
No, don’t be surprised with the title – my dad didn’t marry three women. But all three women who are mothers to me are related to him. 🙂 My mother is the youngest daughter in her family and was not “trained” like her older sisters to take care of young babies and the kitchen etc. … Read more