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Category: bringing up mother

  • Lightening the Soul

    When I attended the landmark curriculum for living program one thing that I did realize that I would have issues about situations and people. Few days back I was visiting aunt Sundari, an aunt I am quite fond of, she looked out of sorts, the essence being it was her granddaughter’s birthday, and every time…

  • Raste Purana-Checklist for Road Trips

    Raste Purana or the tales of the  travel. My husband loves the drive, be it the bike, the car, or the train. I love destinations. All these years our various commitments did not let us do this. this year touché wood we are able to do what both of us like discover little known wonders…

  • Mam’s Day Gift.

    May 11th the much touted Mother’s day, I even wondered if I should gift my mother Margarita after all I would have driven her to it if we were in another social context. But what intrigued me is May 10th, where uncle Sam’s land actually had dedicated a day to see that every mother gets…

  • Uir spyug friends.

    Somewhere a bird sings, its chant hang plaintive and melancholy fills in the still air… I think it’s a lark or something. Our tradition has it that they sing with voices of lost lovers. If the stars are smiling on them you will hear its mate call back in a moment. The silent woods that…

  • Lif-tick lore

    We were in class three, the parents day, our class was to perform the folk dance called Koravanji. The checked cotton sari’s collected beads chains and ear hoops, colourful flowers, bells on the feet. Mothers had diligently packed the list the teachers gave and we went to school “half day” on reaching the school in…

  • Kaadige kathai

    Or may be I should say Racoon Eyes 🙂 Ragini kaki was the most vibrant of all my aunt’s so was Mala Aunty. Somehow Mala Aunty always preferred the use of “Uncle” and “Aunty” over Kaki and mama as we normally called our maternal uncles and aunt. Ragini Kaki always preferred “snow” over”lactocalamine”. Every time…