Two years ago, give or take a few hours, I lost my dad. Our world as we knew it changed forever. All this week I have been consumed by moments of grief that choke my throat and cause my eyes to well up. I think of mom and her sense of loss. Each of us […]
Walking to my desk this morning, I smiled and let a lady go ahead of me. Crossing another balding gentleman, I waved a hi! and struggled up the stairs. Crossing the kitchen, I noticed a bunch of people with coffee mugs and I realized I knew each one of them by name.
Suddenly it hit me […]
Watching the election results trickle in and like magic just past the 11:00 hour, the screen on my TV flash “Barack Obama elected the 44th President of the United States”, I could feel goosebumps on my skin. Sure was a historic moment. Not so much for the race part. Yes it does matter but for […]
Speaking to my FIL as is our weekly ritual, K and I listened to him recount his weekly updates and we waited our turn to catch up on our side of things. Talking to him about a personal milestone we reached we were thrilled by his genuine happiness that was evident from the voice on […]
My classmate waved “Hi!” as I entered my class and got myself settled. He turned around after a while and said “I notice you are in your Indian regalia. Are you celebrating anything?”. The first thought that crossed my mind was “regalia??”. I was wearing a silk kurthi and a bindi on my forehead. This […]
With all the excitement surrounding one of the most widely celebrated festivals in India I couldn’t help but reminisce on the Deepavali’s past in my life. And yes I refuse to call it Diwali. I grew up celebrating Deepavali and I will continue to address it that way Much like Chennai and Madras I […]
Not really! Apar of Random Ruminations tagged me yet again This time though it was a tag I loved doing. As you can see from the very nature of my blog, I love sharing. My personal life, my hurts, my successes and occasionally pictures.
The rule of this tag is to publish an old (10 […]
“Blog podalaiya?” (No blog yet?) queried my mom over chat. I thought for a minute and said “Nothing to write about.” Pat came the response ” Why don’t you write about the emotional loneliness that parents go through when their children disappoint them?” My mind went “What about parents who cannot look past their expectations […]
Walking down the corridor that leads to my classroom, I passed several of my new classmates. Smiling vaguely and waving Hi I reached and found ‘my’ seat unoccupied in the second to last row of the room. Finding my teammate M already there, I heaved a sigh of relief. She was one person I did […]
“Our neighbour has invited me to receive thamboolam…” said my mom and trailed off. I could visualize what the rest of her sentence would look like. I wanted her to go of course but the conversation eventually wound up with “What will others say?”
This is typical of most of the conversations I have with friends, […]
