Somewhere in the month of July 2014, I chanced upon Lessons Learned from Indians, a blog where bloggers, authors and everyday people shared the lessons they learnt from the various…
Year: 2015
Epitome of Love
After 15 months of my Amma’s death, she entered my life. I was 11 years old. It was a Monday morning, when I first met her. She was just about…
Some Updates and a Parenting Post
It started off as a slight pain on the right ribcage, just below my breasts, I thought it was coz I ate two vadapav’s that day. Then it continued the…
Guest Post- Of toddlers and impromptu hugs
In the past four years of blogging, I’ve met many bloggers who write about. Most of the parenting blogs helped me to introspect, while Daddy’s Journals added the much needed…
Gratitude Series- Day 2
“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.”- Gerald Good Thank you everyone who has joined me in this Gratitude Series. Your…
Gratitude Series- Day 1
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”- William Ward In 2012 I began the 30 days Gratitude Series on…
Celebrating Vishu
Today is Vishu,(http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishu ) , a New Year, a new start….. Some of my wonderful memories of Vishu are of me helping Appa in arranging the VishuKani, cleaning the vallaku(lamp),…
An adventurous day at Kidzania
My daughter had visited Kidzania as a part of the school picnic last year. Her experience over there was not that great. She told me the place was overcrowded…
Those 21 minutes
“Next to hunger and thirst, our basic human need is for storytelling”, says Khalil Gibran. How many times have you shared your life experience with your friends and realised that…
Slow Down…It’s a wonderful Journey!
As a child I enjoyed watching Cricket match on television. If a batsman hit a fantastic shot or if there is a third umpire decision pending, they would slow down…