tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9336432364400318552011-11-30T09:09:35.566+05:30My jottings on this and that, here and there, every now and then...Just Like Thathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156108159461377932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933643236440031855.post-6479140598535744512011-11-29T21:11:00.001+05:302011-11-29T22:04:38.907+05:30

So I have a new maid. Two new ones actually. Because my full time maid Ratnamma's daughter is pregnant and she has gone to look after her. More than anyone else, I pray that she has a smooth delivery and a  healthy beautiful baby at the end of it. Only then can good ol' Ratnamma return to me.. But I digress. So in the interim period, I have 2 maids. A girl who comes in the morning and cleans

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Yet one more novel from yet one more Engineer-MBA - "one who quit his boring day job to start his own venture- Grapevine Publishing". The story revolves around the trials and tribulations of a young MBA graduate, in her first job. A Delhi bred girl, Saumya Kapoor is thrilled to land a job through campus placements, in Lala Steels who is a much favoured employer. A couple of weeks later, she

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Bangalore mom ended her post this way- I was tagged so long ago, its almost embarrassing. But JLT and Abha, would love to hear what you have to say. Well, Bmom, now you've found someone more slothful than you, maybe it will help you get over your embarassment. And haha, I'm sure Abha still hasn't taken up this tag, so there's redemption for me as well!!Blogging used to be with such ease... but

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I am a bit overwhelmed myself at Sonny boy's Mondays. Morn- 7.45 am - leave for school. Evening- 4 pm- come home, gobble up milk and snacks.4.30 pm- skating class. 5.30- music class7- tuitions (with a snatched half hour of playing in between)Phew. So much to do for a 7 yr old.His music class is in a neighbouring complex across the road. That road is a rather busy road, with vehicles from both

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There are days when I love my job. Like today, when after a longish meeting, had to send another proposal urgently, before I could reach back to either office or home. So thought I'd step into a CCD to send the mail off.Saw one attached to an Odyssey store, went in and sent my proposal. And then browsed. And bought- 3 books of Gerald Durrel- 1 book on Boxers.You see, Odyssey had been having a

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So the other day during our family walk, I'd eyed some flowering plants growing by the wayside.... on our way back, we stopped by those plants and I snapped off two plants for chez moi. I had Tee's leash in one hand, and a stick in the other, so I thought Sonny boy's bicycle would come in handy to transport the flowers without much damage to them in case of a flurry with Tee and other wayside

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After ages today, went for a walk. With son and husband and dog. Am delighted to say that Sonny boy is gradually accepting Tee (lets call her that) as a member of the family. One with her rights.Till some time back, when requested if Tee could accompany us on our sojourns, Sonny boy's answer would be a pouting NO. Or at best, a resigned OK. Today, it was a happy looking-on, while Tee gambolled

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Karkidaka vaavu fell on 29th July this year. Traditionally, this is the day when we offer prayers to and request the blessing of our ancestors. In Kerala, there even is a holiday given...This day has over the years been associated for me with good food. On my mother's side of the family, a delicious feast is prepared for the dear departed. In my mother's generation, all the cousins used to

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After a couple of long drives where we've been listening to old English medleys and letting the lovely music fill up the car, Sonny boy's become a real fan of John Denver (his fave song is Country Roads). So this evening, when I returned slightly early from office and caught a moment with him together, alone, I thought I'd broaden his exposure to Denver. Played Leaving on a Jet Plane on my

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June 14th was my Dad's birthday. And we planned a feast for him. Except that he would not be able to eat it in person. This being the eighth year since he passed on, (Sonny boy came into the world a bittersweet year after his death) he'd only be able to eat it in spirit. When he was a toddler, Sonny boy would unabashedly smother Dad's photo stuck to the wardrobe door, with wet kisses. I still

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So some time back, I was feeling unsettled..Waiting for something to happen. Now something not-so-good-at-all seems imminent. Its almost as if I were clairvoyant. Tho' in my wildest dreams, I'd never have thought I'd be in for 'this'!More on 'this' later. Right now, I'm hoping and praying with all my heart that 'this doesn't come to pass, and things go on as before.Good people, please send up a

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I used to LOVE Denis the Menace when I didn't have one of my own. I still love him, but I frequently end up feeling HUGELY empathetic to Dennis' Mom.Yesterday, Sonny boy and I were covering all his new text books (for the new school term) with brown paper. The Acha had gotten some labels custom-made for him- with all his favourite characters- Chota Bheem, the characters in Ice Age and Rio and

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So the Acha and Sonny boy were watching IPL...Sonny boy's fickle loyalties as of now are like a chameleon- tho' its the background of a different kind that matters. He's on the side of the winning team, no matter who. However he does have his favourites, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin and Dhoni being among them. Saurav Ganguly was apparently batting (no, I do NOT watch cricket, unless its the World Cup)

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We've introduced Sonny boy to ACK and every night, he chooses one for his viewing delight. As of now he can't read.. he just mostly goes through the picures.Last night was Mangal Pande's turn. He'd seen Urumi during Vishu and was quite taken with Prithiviraj's exploits against Vasco da Gama.So last night after seeing the cover picture with uniformed sepoys, he decided that Mangal Pande it would

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So the other night, Sonny boy was reading an ACK. I forget which one, but it was one with Lord Shiva in it. He'd just been to the Bannerghatta National Park where they'd seen a snake swallow another one whole and was still a little dazed by that.. And so Sonny boy was looking with new eyes at the serpent coiled around Lord Shiva's neck.Amma,look at this snake around Shiva's neck!*Immersed in

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As of now, I'm pretty glad Sonny boy doesn't have any siblings!!!The in-laws are a-visiting, and K, the SIL's son, is an active little 5 year old. Who worships the ground his cousin walks on. But who ineveitably, wilfully gets on Sony boy's wrong side, in an attempt to get noticed. Needless to say, every minute of the day, one can expect melt-downs of the gigantic kind. The love-hate relationship

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I am currently reading Ramesh Menon's Mahabharat. The Mahabharat is one of my all time favourites and Ramesh Menon doesn't disappoint.It makes me smile to think how many extra marital relationships are there in it...starting with a Satyavati and Sage Parashara whose brief moments together result in Vyasa the great poet sage.Vichitraveerya's death leaving Hastinapur heirless and her stepson

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The other day while giving Sonny boy a bath, I was telling him that he had,had, HAD to apply moisturiser after his bath as he had dry skin..Amma, why is my skin so dry?Because your Acha has dry skin...But you don't- and I am YOUR son, na?*that now familiar sensation of Sonny boyisms creeping over me* No, you are both Amma's and Acha's son...But Amma, Acha didn't have me in HIS stomach. YOU had

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I have enough on my plate, but this sounded too interesting to pass by. This new blogger I came across has a 2011 South Asian Challenge- where the idea is to read as many books by South Asian authors/about South Asia as possible.So I have till 31st Dec 2011, to qualify for any of these..South Asian Encounter - 1 bookSouth Asian Wanderer - 3 booksSouth Asian Explorer - 5 booksSouth Asian

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As a mom of a 7 yr old, a part of parenting I’ve not given much thought to is child sexual abuse. I guess because I think of it as something that could NEVER happen in MY home. I certainly know that I pray for it to NEVER happen in MY home. But its something that’s been on my mind for sure. Especially since I leave my son at home with the maid for at least 2 hours (used to be more earlier)

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Today's Bangalore Times had the much touted Poonam Pandey doing a semi strip tease... Me being one of the rare few who mustn't have googled her in the last week or so, I was looking forward to seeing her, till I saw her.That was what was supposed to motivate our Men in Blue? Them guys who had the pick of the country's beeyooteefool women? I have heard of "if you have it, flaunt it"But this is

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I've been quite lucky (touchwood) in the people living around me. People working around me is another thing entirely. Duh!I got along like a house on fire with my hostelmates at both Cochin and Bangalore. and that luck carried on with all my landlords too. The run of good neighbours continued in my own apartment of course, and it continues with my current rented one.One of them, (the neighbour I

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April has been chosen as the month to drive an initiative on Child Sexual Abuse Awareness, by some of us in the blogosphere. Several of us bloggers will be posting on various aspects of Child Sexual Abuse, some of us as victims, some of us as concerned parents, all of us as people determined to bring Child Sexual Abuse into the open, as an omnipresent threat to the safety of our children. Non

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Her name was Ratnamma. Dark and plump, with a perpetual smile that revealed paan stained teeth, she came to my house almost two years back, in response to my SOS for someone to take care of Sonny boy (and do housework) while I was away at work. The apartment housekeeping lady who brought her assured me that she would do nicely for me. Ratnamma’s answering wide smile was meant to reassure, but

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6.30- 6.45 am : At 6.30 Amma gets up with a call to Acha and son to rise and shine. And she and Ms. Doggy go down to get the kitches fires burning. Acha alternately snoozes and jogs Sonny boy, and after much playful cajoling, at 6.45, carries a sleepy eyed Sonny boy downstairs.by 7Am: Sonny boy does an amazing job of brushing his teeth, and washing his face, managing to keep the sleepiness in his

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For quite some days now .. or is it months.. its not years for sure- have been feeling very unsettled. As I'm waiting for something to happen.. dunno what and when.. Unable to give my full attention to anything, be it Sonny boy or office or home or blog or... Even Ms. Doggy is unable to make me fully concentrate on rubbing her belly. And that is saying something!Everything I do is half hearted. A

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Sonny boy’s imagination can make me smile even at the most harried times.This morning, the heater was not working in the downstairs bathroom, and so, shooed him to the upstairs bathroom. Now the heater there has a leak (yeah, our heaters are like that only) and so the inlet or outlet or whateverlet tap above the false ceiling is kept closed until time of use. The time of use was at hand, but us

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The home was teeming with people the last 2 weeks. From Sonny boy's viewpoint, 4 grandmothers, 1 grandfather, 2 aunts, and 1 cousin.With of course the Acha, Amma and Sonny boy and eternally adolescent dog. I hated coming away to office and Sonny boy would linger over goodbyes while leaving for school. All of them save one, being ladies and relatives from my side of the family, I think the Acha

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A curious Sonny boy wondered aloud: Acha, when you were not born and Gandhiji was not born, and there were only dinosaurs, were there toys???The last month or so, he has been in a tizzy of excitement over what toys he can possibly get for his B'day.He's asked lots of people to come- everybody he sees almost. And he was overheard telling his Ammamma yesterday, with a wide grin- there is not even

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I'd meant to do a thingie post every day to lead up to today. But they sure mean it when they say time flies. So here I am with just one thingie post to this blog's credit- on what is our eleventh wedding anniversary.Given that we pretty much arranged our own marriage, I love that we were able to make it on Republic Day. Neither of us realised at the time ( we were both so glad to be finally

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Thanks, Sue for the idea.So, next week, its going to be 11 years of living with the man, as it were. And I figure that if the Sue can be so generous as to write 30 things about her man, I can go upto at least a dozen.The thing I like about him is that he follows "Little Women" even if he didn't like it as much as I did. He tries never to let the sun go down upon his anger.Never mind that half the

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does Sonny boy have.For breakfast he'd like- DosaMorn' Snack- DosaLunch- DosaEve' snack- DosaDinner- Dosa.Any time we're on the road and stop somewhere for eats, we don't need to ask Sonny boy what he'll have. For no matter whether its breakfast,lunch,dinner or just a snack, his preference is going to be DOSA!!!!I know I should probably be counting my blessings, but.... Aaaargh!Forget the

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By now she knew that bags being packed and much rushing to and fro, lugging clothes around didn’t harbour pleasant tidings for her. ‘They’ were going to go off somewhere without ‘her’. She knew it. But in her heart of hearts she hoped. And so, when the Acha asked her out for a late-night drive, she jumped joyfully, her tail wagging nineteen to the dozen.Alas. The Acha was only dropping her off at

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.. and I decide tokeep an account of my spending. No curtailing or whatever. Just know how much is going into what. I may still not be able to tell my mom exactly how much onions cost here, but at least I'll be able to tell her that my grocery bill was high/low. Another reason is that I asked Sonny boy's tuition teacher whether her fees were 2x or 3x... and she looked dumbly at me and told me it

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I'd been returning home from office, when on the stairs, I bumped into a kid A who looked like he'd be in the 4th standard, running to hide before his friends could seek him. Smilingly, I heard his friend call out his name and say that he'd been found. Kid A grimaced and brushed past me, grinning at being caught. And then a stream of profanities flew from his mouth.B words and F words and A words

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Sat was a beautiful day. Made all the more so by the baby shower.For which a group of women from far corners of B'lore got together and planned and schemed and organised and surprised and DELIVERED!It was a tough thing suprising this Mamma2B, cos having been part of a couple of recent baby showers, she was naturally expecting us to give her one! But the shower got postponed because of M's trips

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The other day, I brought my lunch back un-eaten from office.While I was putting it away to give the hungriest member of the family (the dog, who else?)the husband saw me and frowned at my skipping lunch.Before I could tell him that I'd had a late breakfast and other stuff from office, a pair of ears perked up and up piped the little preacher."Amma, you should not waste food." "If you don't eat it

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Have been away from the blog for quite a while, being caught up with work and holidays and conjunctivitis, not necessarily in that order.Last week, I'd seen a post from Monika on FB, saying there was a contest on Womens' Web. On the heroine that you liked the most. And that took me back to something I'd written a few years back. After I wrote this, a whole host of other heroines crossed my life.

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Dear Daddy,Are you watching and listening up above?I’m sure you are. I so wish I could see you too tho’. See that smile again.I got the mail today telling me that they’d liked me and my writing enough to consider offering me a job on contract. Do you hear, Daddy? I have not felt so much of a sense of achievement at signing up any of the corporate deals I have in my career so far. While all of

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got my paints out once again.. the paints had all got thickened with non-use... but finally it all turned out ok.Yes?

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When he said, "I'm not too young to know everything", Oscar Wilde must have been looking into the future. Into my house. He must have known Sonny boy very well.Sonny boy, this is....I know, Amma/Acha!Sonny boy, that is... I know, Amma/Acha!Sonny boy, you should do it like this....I know, Amma /Acha... or in case it is very obvious that he does NOT know, You can do it like this also, Amma/Acha!You

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Knew that I'd been bloating up over the years, when my trousers went from a 30 to a 32, to a 34 waist size. My waist is still a waist, but I need 34 to lug the damn thing over my hips. Its the one place where I can claim to look like Sreedevi!Have been meaning to exercise, but.Morning walks are out, cos I'm too lazy to get up. 6.30 is early enough for me, thank you.Evening walks are out, cos I'd

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Mommy guilt didn't exist when Sonny boy was small. He was an amazingly sweet baby and never gave me any sweat. From potty training to feeding to sleeping, he was an utter sweetheart!But with the school years, entered the frequent trips to Guiltyland.Firstly, I joined back to work once he was old enough for school, so number one guilt was how can I leave my baby to cope on his own?This was

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Sue handed me a big red marker quite some time back. I'd been lazy to sit and make make a note of all the bloopers, but then here goes...Mails written with the intent of sounding official more than communicating whatever quite make me see red.Not the perfect example, but something like this- where....instead of asking the person - could I know your name?you go to the extent of asking- I wonder if

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I didn't think much of the kindergarten graduation thingie conducted by his school earlier this year. Thought it was making too much of a progression that was only natural. Not exactly a mountain out of a molehill, but close to it.But today when my baby was all dressed to go to first standard, I realised suddenly that it was indeed a big deal. He's no more a baby now, he's a boy! It IS a mountain

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For the upcoming Mother's Day, IndusLadies.com is coming up with a compilation of an elegant list of all Indian Mommy Bloggers and is sending it to over 1 lakh readers. In addition, this list would also be made avaialble to 6000 facebook fans and twitter followers of Indus Ladies. (Note: If you blog "exclusively" about Parenting your kids, or about Parenting in general or any special Parenting

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In Sonny boy's absence, Isaw 2 movies at the theatre. Both mallu movies- Janakan and In Ghost House.The former was ok, with Suresh Gopi and Mohanlal putting in good performances. Ghost House -I saw it only for the sake of the husband who whined me into seeing it. Four young bachelors were FUNNY in the original. Four middle aged men are NOT in the sequel to the sequel.And what the husband had to

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Am not looking forward to this weekend.Sonny boy and Trinity have been carted off to chez grandmother in Kerala. To enjoy 2 weeks of the summer vacations. They may be enjoying, but the parents are finding the home to be unnaturally quiet. The days pass by boringly in office, but the evenings are looooooooooong. The Acha watches his News and English movie channels in peace, without a little hand

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In hindsight, I truly believe that God knows what's best for us.In my previous company , there was a time when I was bored to pieces and depressed, because everybody but me seemed to be so busy... I felt so ashamed of sitting jobless that I turned to the internet and started reading blogs at random. (at least people passing by would assume that I had SOMEthing to do and I wouldn't be seen

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For long, it had been one of Sonny boy's ardent desires to get one.A had it, C had it, J P and M had it and S had two! Only he hadn't. Every day in the school bus, those who had would flaunt it and leave Sonny boy longing for one of his own. It put him in the same league as the big boys.When would he get one? he used to ask.An impatient Amma would shoo him off, saying that he was better off as

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The last time my Mom was coming over, Sonny boy tom-tommed all over that his grandmother was coming to be with him.Grandmoms being a favourite species with young kids, the day she arrived, in the evening, Sonny boy's best friend A,a Tamilian boy, came eagerly knocking."Sonny boy, where's your paati? Show me your paati".Sonny boy collapsed in gales of shocked laughter."Amma!", he shrieked between

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Went away for the long weekend, and my dear tomato plant withered.But the tomatoes survived.And tasted yummy!

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He'd run for his life behind Ammamma's sari when she was loose...He used to leap onto the sofa and then lift his legs also way out of reach of (offering a cute bum just in front, to) a delightedly seeking nose...He'd fall down at a jump from her...He'd always go to the other end of her mouth and pat her tail, automatically making her turn around enquiringly as to what exactly he intended doing

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Well, its a brand new year again. Lets hope that this year, the highs are more than the lows.The year is starting out with something I had wanted for long.... a dog in my home.It had been one of my biggest guilt trips that every time I brought my Mom over to Blr to look after Sonny boy, another poor darling was left to stay by herself. That's our dog Trinity. She was brought by my husband from

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I LOVED Palace Of Illusions. One of the first times that knowing the end hasn't spoilt the book for me. Actually there was even more of a thrill in knowing that this was-to-come-next, and I was not disappointed by Divakaruni. Awesomely written.Found Two States so-so. The North-South divide was a tad too exaggerated, I felt. Also I felt that the boy was too much of a mama's boy. Or is it that I am

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Any true blue mallu girl will be able to vouch for having had to oil her hair (plaits or monkey crop or whatever) with that magical anointment- coconut oil.Its the secret of our CURLY locks, you see.I have had my share of Ammammas and Moothammas running after me with the coconut oil, with threats/brandishments.It was said to make our hair 'panankula pole' Like the flower of a species of palm....

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Chappal Art and the proud creator.

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The other day, I was going through Sonny boy's stuff to see what all could be given away. Found a whole lot of old, and brand new stuff as well, that he'd outgrown. Packed them up to be given away to an orphanage.It was then that I once again came across these Tshirts of his that are wayyyyy too small for him now. But I still hold onto them... for the only reason that these were all painted by

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We start out in all enthusiasm"Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,January,-"" !!! January??? Noooo, Sonny boy...""February..?"

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This was a movie review I wrote a long time back, of a movie I saw as a young girl. I'd love to see the movie again....Srividya the actress is no more, it was one of her best performances. Warning: Spoiler ahead. But then its a movie that released in '83...I saw Rachana a long way back. Certain nuances of the movie totally escaped me, as I was a kid when I saw it. But even so, the movie about a

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Went Blossom hunting last week. With the result that I have at my disposal now-The Time Traveler's WifeAgatha Christie Omnibus.Two States.The Evening Newsand some 15 M&Bs!All waiting my pleasure. Life can sometimes be blissful even amid the chaos.

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1.What is your current obsession ? I WANT TO CHANGE MY JOB!2. What are you wearing today?Red and black kurta pyjama.3. What’s for dinner?Rice, sambar, cabbage+carrot varavu, papad, pickle, curd, water,.. ;-) fruit.4. What’s the last thing you bought?Books from Blossom5. What are you listening to right now? A colleague talking to a client,out in the corridor, the sound of traffic streaking thru

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The more I try to get out of answering questions and save on time, the more I am made to wish that I had answered the question in the first place.Sonny boy: Amma, do you know why/how/what .......?A harried Amma: No.Sonny boy: Amma you don't know how/why/what....?Amma: I DON'T know, Sonny boy.Sonny boy: I know, Amma. I will tell you...And he goes on to earnestly make up the most ridiculous stories

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thankfully the apples and oranges survivedbut not so the pumpkins and strawberriesthey just rotted and wasted away.3 days of neglect was not to be borne...alas! Facebook games are banned in office!BLOODY OFFICE!!#$%#@@$Boo! Hoo! Hoo!

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The whole of last week, you could trip over people in our house!My Mom's of course been with us the last month. Along came last week, her brother's younger daughterand her brother's MIL who happens to be her old classmate and movie mate and library mate.That the two had a BALL does not need to be said, does it? Also came my sis, and her son.And of course, there were the 3 of us.On the weekend,

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This morning I was taken some many years back - to my college days. My undergraduate days- when elections were round the corner.And there were all those candidates, for all those parties... there were of course, the ubiquitous KSU and SFI, also the ABVP and the famous/much laughed at ECEC. (Election Committee for Efficient Candidates) While the KSU and SFI campaigned hard for every single vote,

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D wrote a post on child labour, which reminded me of the one time I employed someone I was sure was a minor, despite parental affirmations to the contrary.My current-at-the-time maid who was moving to her hometown had brought her as a replacement, and the only reason I didn't send her off rightaway was that I was pregnant and throwing up 24/7.Just putting down a post I had writen elsewhere on

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After Diwali is what I am Burnt paper and metal ends lying in a heap Sweep them and set fire to them Bits of sparklers come to life Ghosts of what they were! This is what was initially written.....And then, when thought it was a bit dismal, this followed....Ghosts they remain

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So today I came back early from office as Sonny boy had been down with wheezing and had only started school after 2 days of leave.In the evening, after prompting him for the regular prayers, I was about to do namaskaram and get up when Sonny boy said"Wait, Amma, mine..."And he proceeded to prompt his class prayer for me to repeat after him.That done, he looked at me and said "Now yours.."I hid a

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Sonny boy has now(after his Ammamma started staying longer periods with us) started reciting some longer sandhyanaamangal.He says the slokams devoted to Ganesha, Saraswati, Bhagwati, Krishna.. etc.When the Ammamma went off 2 weeks back, I decided to continue with the habit whenever I could - if I got back from office early enough to light the evening lamp.So yesterday evening, when I had prompted

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This evening, Sonny boy had gone downstairs to play. Last when I looked, he and our neighbour's A5, a 5 yr old, were busy at work in the sandpit, getting the trains to transport sand. Very industrious indeed. Ok. Satisfied, the Amma went back to her presentations and mails.An hour later, the bell rang. A disgruntled Sonny boy stood out. He brushed past me in a huff, and on my asking him what

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if Sonny boy's prayers are being answered...Owing to a death and a wedding respectively, the Ammamma and the maid are both missing in action this week.I understood the maid to say that it was her husband's brother's son's wedding and she needed 3 days now, but would take no more leave the entire year. Ha! Taking the latter part of the statement with a pinch of salt, I gave her leave anyways. And

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Sonny boy has gone for the puja hols to his Ammamma's. He'll be back only after a week. Its going to be only the two of us for a WHOLE week. Sigh! Ammamma will not be coming back with Sonny boy next week. Sigh! Sigh!We drove down to Kannur via Nagarhole, thinking to show Sonny boy the jungle and some wild animals in their jungle environment so he can differentiate between the 'domestic' and 'wild

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I used to think that the husband spoke too much.His son is a chip right off the block, and can put the block to shame.From the time he gets up to the time his eyes droop down in sleep, he chatters nineteen to the dozen - on anything and everything!Ammammma says that her grandson is going to be a politician the way he can go on and on on anything! She doesn't say that appreciatively.There are

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Since they say a picture says a thousand words....my Onam was happy.Hope yours was too!

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Sonny boy has always been pronouncing his words most funnily ( now I know he's not specially amusing, ALL kids do it, to a higher or lower extent)It started when he was a toddler and could just lisp out the words, Lorry was RollyPotato was TopatoElephant was Ephilantand so on...It produced paroxysms of mirth from me, which the Acha sternly disapproved of. He believed I should not be laughing at

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Ever since the outbreak of chicken pox, Sonny boy has been extra taken with the Goddess Durga.Her 1000 arms, and weapons from all the Gods and her prowess and strength ..all that have made quite an impression on that impressionable young mind, and Tales of Durga are one of his favourite ACKs to listen to at night or whenever.Since he's started learning to read simple words at school, I try to

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People, especially close relatives should know where to draw the line. Where they (their far from pleasant doings) stop being ignorable and start being positively abhorrent. Where their self centered doings affect the life of their relatives adversely.And when they don't, there is, I believe, a time for keeping quiet and a time to open one's mouth. While I don't find it pleasant to be rude, its

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Received this from my husband on chat. Thought it was good enough for a post.The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?ShareInstructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read. Tag other book nerds.1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen x2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien x3 Jane

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6.50: Amma gets up6.50-7: Acha and Sonny boy get up7.02: Acha brushes Sonny boy's teethby 7.10: Amma boils milk, makes Bournvita for Sonny boy, tea for Acha and maid, decoction coffee for Ammamma and herselftill 7.25: Acha is to sit at the dining table and make Sonny boy drink Bournvita, but actually spreads the newspaper on said table and reads it while sipping tea made by his wife.by 7.30:

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I love it when the seasons come to an end.Why, you ask? Why, because of the end-of-season sales! Its a different matter that these days seasons are ending all year round!In B'lore Benetton is having a sale, Central is having a sale, Pantaloon is having a sale, Westside is having a sale, Shoppers Stop just finished theirs, (or is it still on?)...... loads to choose from. So this weekend sale

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Ok, I don't really want a castle. A medium sized cottage would be fine.And around that medium sized, cosy, comfy cottage, I would have-a mango treelow branches, green leaves turning brown in the autumn, flowers strewn on the ground, kanni maanga for Vishu and for homemade pickles, and lots of ripe mangoes to pluck as well as pick.a neem treea wonderfully healthy breeze all round the year, a swing

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Sonny boy had been learning about families in school.A mother who loves everyoneA father who has lots of fun (certainly have it down pat, don't they)A sister who plays and worksA baby who's growing each dayA dog who chews a bone.After singing me the song and after due rounds of applause and encoreMe: "Sonny boy, we don't have a sister. So maybe we aren't a family? (Yeah, I sometimes mess with him

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the other day, a distant relative passed away suddenly from a heart attack.And then the next day, MJ passed away, and last weekend, in the evening, I was generally acquainting Sonny boy with all his music that I was playing on Utube. Sonny boy: "Amma, what is this man's name?"Me: "Michael Jackson, Sonny boy. He sings very well, doesn't he?"I think Sonny boy was more inclined to think he danced

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'If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with - Michael Jackson' ...This statement of his made me feel so sad for the boy-man who only ever wanted to be loved.I hope he can feel now how MUCH so MANY people love him inspite of all his faults. A great way to be loved, surely.RIP, Michael Jackson,

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My Mom has these podikai's as we call it in Malayalam. These shortcuts. Some of them are quite quaint.Like this one.As you know, there is this concept of raahu kaalam, which is basically an inauspicious time to embark on anything good. Exams, interviews, joining a new job, going on a long journey, getting operated upon... for all these, raahu kaalam was looked into and avoided, as much as

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For an update on my pore ol' toe nail that was....15th dawned bright and beautiful.Packed Sonny boy off to school with his new Ben 10 bag and Ben 10 water bottle and Ben 10 lunch box, and old Ben 10 socks.Mom said 9 was raahu kalam and to leave only after nine. So presented ourselves at the Dermatology Dept of one of the reputed medical colleges at 9.30. And we waited and waited and waited till

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bumping into a fellow blogger last week at Sonny boy's school.Had to go to school to pay up the fees and stuff and also to meet up with Sonny boy's new Godess-Who-Knows-It-All/Who Can't-Go-Wrong- his teacher for the current year. She promises to be as nice as the earlier one. And while I was smiling and informing her of her Goddess status, she laughed and said she had to compete with the same

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is what Sonny boy does when we start to play with the ball.This is an offshoot of IPL and all those cricket matches he's been watching with the Acha. Balls caught neatly as a matter of course are not applauded much even if it involves the taking of a wicket. Turns out he's seen the Acha APPLAUD WITH GUSTO when the fielders fling themselves to the ground and grapple with the ball.Which is what he

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There was an ingrown toenailwho lived in neglect for some years.Decided he'd had enough of the neglectand could do with some attention...So it started-an occasional prod, a pokeand when attention was still found wanting, white hot needles were pressed into action...Remonstrances and restraints were triedStrong doses of them in vain, the decision was made TO DO AWAY WITH ITIf necessary.Guys, HALP

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The other day, my husband's gmail chat status message read: "I know a woman who drives the Phantom"It evoked fond memories of the handsome Phantom and the curvaceous Diana and dear Devil and the kids and Rex, and Guran and.... Both of us love the Phantom comics, and there are hardly any available today, except dog-eared ones with pages missing or untidily drawn upon..Sigh! I wondered what had

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I remember, in school and college, I was often identified as the girl with a perpetual smile on her face. I was genuinely a very cheerful, optimistic person and it showed on my face too.In University, I was dubbed the 'Cheshire Cat' by my husband-to-be (though neither of us knew it then) for the ever-present smile of course. Also the fact that I was almost never to be harried by anything.In

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"Don't leave me here, there and everywhere, Amma...."said Sonny boy, between sobs, to me and the Acha when we called him last night.As some of you might be knowing, have again been left high and dry by my maid. As in the one who I'd got to stay with Sonny boy while I earned jam for the family.This was in March. We got a new person for the housework bit, but we had no luck with the stay-at-home

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I am PRO gay rights.This morning was reading in the newspaper of how Celina Jaitley was inviting support for gays and their rights, and I was thinking that she was doing a great job.I truly don't understand how a mature choice that a man or a woman makes regarding his/her sexual partner can be a source of contempt. So long as it is not with children, or your own offspring, or an animal, I think

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98% of them are crooks, 2% of them are ordinary people like you n me, eking out a living the way they know to. Am talking about auto drivers.However, coming across the rare 2% is a pleasure. Once in a while I get into these conversations too- manage to have one would be a better way to say it- what with Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, English, hands, eyes all being called into service. One of them made me

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Day before, was feeling in a particularly lousy mood at home, as I had been having stomach cramps the whole day and by evening was throwing up, throwing down.. lala...Attributed the cause to a sandwich/pineapple juice I had had from office as the cramps started immediately after that.The Acha to be honest, was concerned, and pattered about a bit after me, but soon, the spots in the leopard

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Well, its been cost-cutting time at work for some time now- first- only budget flights,then- no flights, only trains, then- no tours, only video conferences.... Bah!But hey! you can still go on a world tour, thanks to HerBadMother. (Sorry, my links are not working) All you need to do is- just write a post of your own (5 things that you love about being a mom) and find someone to link to and tag -

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Of all things, I never thought I'd hear that Daddy was not my father, from my son!Daddy occupies pride of place on our bedroom wall, in our current house. In between nude prances on the bed post his bath, or when getting pyjama'ed for bed, Sonny boy occasionally gives his Achacha fond looks and asks me what Achacha is saying. This because, when he is being particulary naughty/cute, both of which

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This is the only reason why we haven't yet become millionaires. Otherwise, with the extent to which we watch our pennies, we'd have become millionaires long back.....Last weekend, we had forgotten to buy something (I forget what), so we dropped in at Total mall to check if it was available there. The refundable parking charge of Rs. 20/- paid, we went in.. but we didn't get whatever we went there

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Sonny boy brought back all his activity books ( which have been kept at school till now) yesterday, saying his teacher had said that he could keep them at home from now on. Realization dawned on the parents- summer vacation was round the corner!Acha: "Sonny boy, you're going to have a looooooong holiday. Where do you want to go? Switzerland?" (this was just because on Sun, we'd had a newly

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