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  • Parijata

    Adansona digitata is the botanical name of this flower. Parijata is what my grandmother called it. Prajukta, shefali, shagufta call it any name. Beautiful white with a coral orange stalk. I am seeing this after nearly twenty two years. When I set my eyes on this I am back to my child hood. Though then…

  • An Anonymous Gift

    Herne Bay – Sept 2010 – The Sad Cafe – Portrait of an Old Lady Waiting on a Friend The elderly woman at the end of my street. She is alone and I see her gazing outside the window each time the mailman walks by. I learn from the neighbours that her husband left her…

  • Striking Mt.Washmore down.

    its impossible to tackle Mt.Washmore laundry One thing that I cannot seem to scratch off the to-do list, actually it has to be two. One is tackling mount Washmore, my mother-in-law calls it “aravi samdura” which means an ocean of laundry as a pun on the “Arabi samudra” the Indian name for the Arabian sea.…

  • Little women

    The antics of my daughters make me smile like nothing can. The older one was and is an old head on young shoulder. She learnt to speak very early. Her concept of being adult was speaking English. She would use Marathi words as fillers when she spoke to me since it was my husband’s mother…

  • Duel

    split personality Janus Right now if I could be two people then I would write on my master novel and at the same time trek round the Himalaya. Dr, Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. Capt.Clegg and Dr.Syn. There are also the two faces of Janus. Infinite times we have been two people without realizing it. One…

  • fee advice.

    advisory Suicide Counseling Sign Advice and advise always confused me. For a long time I thought advice meant add vice. I decided to cask advise to solve this. It was recommended that I look up an dictionary. Advise I learn is to offer advice, recommend, or take counsel. Attached was a string of synonyms to…

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