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Happy Birthday

Dear Mi, Happy Birthday. These days, I dream of you almost every night. I wake up feeling quite happy in the morning. I know this could be perceived as weirdness by some. But we don’t need our happiness to be controlled, right? At least not anymore, as Sury often reminds…

The Truth

You will recognize this quote by Oscar Wilde: “It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child’s curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in…

Remembering

Satyanarayana Puja days – what fun it was. It is Full moon day today, pournami and I am remembering the hustle and bustle of the morning rush to finish making breakfast, packing lunches, all before 8 am so that you could go bathe and get ready for the puja. You…

Over and done with

You know what I mean, Mi. Let’s do a namaskaram of peace to Chocolate Amman, a.k.a. Kolavizhi Amman. You would have loved this temple, Mi. It is in Mylapore near that Sanskrit College. Amazingly, the weather was also very cool. Mini-mama enjoyed the trip. We’re now waiting for the New…

Nuts

Just about describes my state of mind now. Mi, I battled for two weeks, trying to get the building manager to understand that there’s a pipe leaking and the irritating thing is steadily soaking the wall of the pc room and verandah. Finally I got him to come check and…