K and I share our wedding anniversary with fellow blogger UL and her husband. We got married on the exact same day. Our connections go beyond that as eloquently expressed by UL here.
So, since our first anniversary we have always made it a point to visit the temple and eat outside and spent time together. […]
Today a person whom I love and cherish (other than K and my family of course!) celebrates her birthday. Memories of her always make me smile. The good ones I mean We met for the first time when we lined up to take an aptitude test in the sweltering Chennai heat in July 1997. […]
As I grappled with my crushed and squeezed beyond recognition tooth paste tube I could not help recollecting memories from the tooth pastes of yore. My grandfather to be specific. He was extremely particular that the tube must be squeezed from the bottom up. Every bit of paste would be painstakingly squeezed upward and the […]
You know you are a generation past when
Thoughts and images of college days and beyond appear sepia toned in your mind
Testimonials on Orkut make you go “What are they thinking??”
You don’t wonder if you should get your hair “colored”. You think when next to do it.
You realize you have three nieces and a nephew
Your have […]
It feels like an incredibly long time since we had a bunch of friends over for get-togethers, potluck dinner or just sitting around and chatting. Almost a good year or more. We occasionally have a family over but that has been it. I look back fondly on the times when we rather frequently invited close […]
As I stood before the mirror brushing back my hair, I reached out for my regular hair band. The one I used to pin my hair all the way back giving me a stern matron look. Looking critically at the reflection that stared back at me I let my hand go. The tresses came cascading […]
Her dad used to remember me as the toddler who walked across to their home saying “Naan Lakshmi vandhu irruken (I, Lakshmi have come).” Seeing a chubby two year old at the door, they realized they were having new neighbors. The year was 1978. We moved into a nice residential area in Kovai. It was […]
This weekend passed in a blur of activity. Amidst all the mundane everyday chores was a dinner at a friends place. I call her friend in the sense I felt a sense of camaraderie with her. I was meeting her and her family for the first time. It all started with the Nice Blogger’s Award […]
Packing a batch of muffins in a circular pan for a friend, I sat down with my lunch. The TV was on and playing Watching You by Rodney Atkins. I have always loved that song. I paused watching the entire song before I turned my attention to the plate again.
In its own sweet way, […]
Helloji!! smiled the man at the counter of our local Indian grocers. “Been a while since I saw you here” he said in Gujarati accented Hindi. K and I smiled, paused at bit by the counter and inquired after him and his family. “I have been wanting to reach you the past week” he emphatically […]
