Category: Thoroughly Mundane

  • Where is my Mama

    a Journey to Bombay. Southland Coastal Road I must have been eight years old, it was our first long bus ride all of 24hours, from Udupi to Bombay. My mother, brother, our neighbor Mrs. Kiriti and her two daughters Jayanthi and Jayashree. it was six of us. Our mother of course had cooked and carried…

  • grumps

    Shining through the Clouds Grumps Grumpy people can only affect your mood if you allow it. The sun and stars can still shine in their presence. When we’re in a good mood, we shine like the sun. But if we find ourselves in the presence of a person, or people, in a grumpy mood, it…

  • On sight and vision.

    On sight and vision. My father Dr.Srinivasarao P.N. was an ophthalmologist. This was how he explained vision and sight to me. Sight is the capacity to see the physical world and vision is the gift to see beyond it. Sight allows up to perceive colours, shapes, size and participate with knowledge. It helps us to…

  • A New Onomatopoeia

    Bee Good To create a onomatopoeia I need to know what on earth it means. After all I am just a science student the intricacies of language are beyond me. I learn that onomatopoeia is a noun that means 1. Formation of a word as cuckoo or boom by imitation of the sound made by…

  • If I Had Grown Up With/Without Siblings

    I have grown up not with just siblings but with cousins. Today when I look back I see the times we were together the fun we had. I also appreciate the secure safety net we have. It has definitely kept us together despite my biological sibling going the Uncle Sam’s way I have my two…

  • June.

    starting at the mid point. pecan begining Can febraury March? No April May. But the pivot is June. June, of course it is the midpoint of the year and begining of the school term. June heralds rains and storms. After this the festival galore gallops. Hot cups of tea, spicy savory, new teachers new challenges.…