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Tag: family bonds

  • Haem an’ hearth.

    You must be wondering who I am or which era I belong to. Well I am the collective memory. When anyone thinks of an English country home and hearth and joy I am the picture that they create. Many families have lived in my hearth, few have made them home. If you thought home was…

  • Janmashtami

    It is Krishna janmashtami at my hometown. Suddenly I see our elaborate family network and our roots in place. My  near seventy mother has donned her super cape, and make all the goodies that are to be made, the 5 types of laddoo, and chakkuli and the works. She has then put them into the…

  • Summer Holidays

    Originally posted on Cantadora – The keeper of stories.: Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.  Summer memories that bring a smile on my face.  there are so many, the high light of it all was unfailingly the 11th of April year after year in those magical years as…

  • Handling Anger

    Temper’s the one thing you can’t get rid of, by losing it Jijabhai measure two measured two measures of flour, added a measure of water, one third measure of oil, a pinch of salt, “Eh Rukma, knead the dough” Rukma, never really seem to get annoyed with Jijabais acid tongue or hurting ways,  “All said and done,…

  • My Melee

    All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. –Leo Tolstoy Anna Karinna My favourite kinds of family gatherings are family gatherings, To quote Richard Bach “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. Rarely do…

  • Country roads take me home.

    Home is where the hearth, heals. Home is where the hearth, is – A jataka tale talks of a fishmonging woman who visits her friend. Her friend honours her with a room, with fragrant flowers, but the fishmonging woman could not sleep she needed the smell of fish. Hearth of warmth, a comfort zone where…