On Saturday, I had taken my Mom for a follow-up with her doctor. While we returned, we found a little boy crying in the lobby. The boy would have been 6-7 years old. His mother and grandmother were struggling to soothe him. His right arm had fractured and it was ...
Read More »Father’s Day
Father’s Day is celebrated once a year. However, if a child thinks that its parents are good, it will celebrate Father’s Day and Mother’s Day every day. My sister and I are 2 such people. After we shifted to this place, we think God has bestowed a divine couple as ...
Read More »My Dad
Yesterday, we celebrated my Dad’s birthday. He stepped into his 84th year yesterday. Mom and Dad have played very important roles in the lives of both of us sisters. His strictness and his trust on Mom that she would bring us up properly; have been the reasons we turned out ...
Read More »Myths Prevailing as I was Growing Up
While I was growing up, I had been observing different things and found them repulsive in various ways. Today, I am sharing a list of such myths prevalent in those days. 1. Soaps cannot get dirty: I saw this sentence as a joke in one of the leading newspapers when ...
Read More »Sridevi, I will Miss You!
Mom said, “Neeril kumizhi pol tonrinai. Kumizhi udaindadu pol udaindaye. Aiyaho! Yen manam kadarugirade. Gavanikkamal aagayatile parandu vittaye. Chandiranudan kalardu vittaya, nee? Aagayattil Munrampirai partal, nee dane ninaivil iruppai. Amma, enru chonnaye. Marandu vittaya, nee? En manam amaidi kollamal tavikkirade. En chaiven? Unnal verumai aakapatta idattai, meendum Sridevi aagave vandu ...
Read More »Indian Republic Day
Today is our 69th Republic Day. On this day in 1950, we became a Sovereign Democratic Republic. Bharat Mata was in chains and she was partly freed on August 15, 1947. On this day 69 years back, all the chains were removed. Or that’s what we thought. But, no. Women ...
Read More »Courier Women!
I often buy products online and I’ve been an Amazon regular. On a Sunday, we were expecting a packet. The doorbell rang and we saw a lady and her teenage daughter standing in front of us. The lady said that she had bought a packet ordered by me through Amazon. ...
Read More »Indian Army Day
Today, Indian Army is celebrating the 70th Army Day. This day commemorates the then Lieutenant General Kodandera M Cariappa taking over the command of the Indian Army as the Commander-in-chief from General Sir Francis Butcher, in 1949. New Delhi and other headquarters see parades and other military shows happening at ...
Read More »January 1, 2018
Friends, today I would like to share something about the first day of this New Year. On December 31st last year, we decided to retire early and in the morning get up early at 5 to watch the Tirupati TV channel for different spiritual programs. But, we could not hit ...
Read More »Mahalaya Amavasya
Yesterday, North Indians performed Pitru Visarjan Amavasya. It was Chaturdashi in the morning and Amavasya came in the evening. So, South Indians are celebrating Amavasya today, since it is in the morning. This morning, they are celebrating Sarva Pitru Amavasya in South Indian Mathas since it needs a lot of ...
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