These are uncertain times when we don’t feel we have a grasp on our lives and everything feels wobbly. And wibbly. I was thinking of that wibbly wobbly toy Vidur had as a toddler. How much he loved that caterpillar literally wobbling its way around the house! Some days I…
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So I tripped over the gas pipes on the terrace last Monday when we went to walk and had a nasty fall that resulted in some bloody bruising, swelling and a lot of pain. Still healing. But let me tell you the story of the gas pipes. Sometime in March this…
Funny thing,,, i got some measuring spoons. Can you believe I follow paati’s shraanga and palm and finger-based measures? Sounds really funny when I actually say it. But while it works with the usual cooking, with baking, that does not always work because then we’ll have to depend on luck…
Reflections from the past and present. Life goes on, regardless. It is the little anecdotes we remember that keep us sane.
I received incredibly sad news today, Mi. Padma manni passed away. She developed some shivering, fever and was taken to the hospital. She was given medication and then, returned home to recover. Except she didn’t. She lay down to sleep and never woke up. I know she had some chronic…
One thing about the lockdown that is quaintly 70-ish is the call of the vegetable vendor on the street. Thanks to the reduced traffic we can actually now hear other sounds. And the joyful thing is we still have the old greens-guy around. He looks a bit aged but not…