We had a lovely 5 days in the capital. And of course, the highlight of the trip was seeing the Taj Mahal. Superlative experience – breathtaking, overwhelming, ethereal, unbelievable – the monument, in spite of all the milling crowds looked…
Month: December 2010
May the holidays be filled with fun, laughter, health and happiness! Love and Peace! Vidya Sury
This has been an eventful year – and during the last week, I’ve been reading “the year that was” kind of posts everywhere. Hmm….I am not sure I’d be able to do one of those smashingly immortal posts now, but…
I lit the nimbu lamps (elumichai vilakkus). In fact, when I told Vidur its Hanuman Jayanti, and he reminisced about “if Paati had been with us now….” – so I made vadais for neivedyam – after teasing him about how…
The sight of this alone is enough to drive me into a frenzy of sad nostalgia. My Mom and I had this on-going war about safety pins. My pin, your pin. No, I gave it to you. Ah, it was…
N Balasubramanian, Balu Thatha to Vidur, and “Appa” to Sury, and consequently, fondly, Appa to me – is being honored yet again. This time, he has donated his rare collection of vintage Bharatiana – archival material, literary and photographical on…