shivam ‘How do you spend your time here?’ Some of my friends in India, who comes to USA on a holiday, ask me, within a few days, ‘how do you manage to spend your time here?’ They have a point. Neighbors here, don’t come home for a ‘chai par charcha’ in the evenings or we … Read more
‘ Ammalu, it dawns on me that our marriage has been a failure. I realized it late but better late than never. What shall we do? You are always ready with novel ideas to solve problems, come on, tell me what shall I do? If we get separated, our children won’t spare us. Our daughters … Read more
‘Cherunattiri Bagavathy sahayam’ – that is what we write on the center top of our wedding invitation. Earlier, we used to start our letters to relatives too, with that invocation. Cherunatturi is our Kuladevatha and ‘sahayam’ is help. Please note that we are seeking the sahayam, help of our family deity and not her blessings. … Read more
The spread of ‘net’ has taken away the joy of the writing and sending letters. To gain something, you have to lose something ! Appa used to write letters, mostly post cards or ‘inland letters’ and ask us children to post it, put it in the letter box, which was just opposite to our house, … Read more
Ammini says that all my teeth are in tact, in full shine where as yours are all in disarray. She said that smiling.’ ‘What was your reaction?’ ‘I too smiled’ ‘You smiled or laughed showing all your teeth?’ ‘I just smiled. You want me to laugh next time when she repeats?’ ‘No, you bite her … Read more
‘Should there be a woman for every man? Not necessarily one, he can have many to remain hot and hot and hot. Agreed Ammalu?’ ‘should there be a man, for every woman, SP? Yes, and only one, but like you. And also a mechanical wet granite grinder with pestle, so that she can rotate and … Read more
She wants perfumes from Paris! ‘If you don’t like me, tell me, Ammalu. I can get cosmetics from Paris and make me better -looking’ ‘From Paris, how? None of our children are there’ ‘Ammalu, I have my friends all over the world. I’m not a kitchen mouse like you’ ”I don’t like you’, … Read more
Thoroughly enjoyed the thanksgiving week end . Two birthday parties, a Thanksgiving party and a surprise Baby shower. And all because of a narrow escape from a car accident which could have been disastrous, but for the God’s blessings. A story on that. We were almost at the destination; the … Read more
Intelligent couple sort out their differences if any, by discussion. In our case, the pity is, my intelligence is on the top in the scale and yours at the bottom, though by virtue of my influence, it has gained a few points, that too only of late’ ‘Knowledge goes up. Does intelligence go … Read more
‘How many times haven’t I told you Ammalu, that I don’t like needles?’ ‘Not needles, noodles. This is for my mom’ ‘That old fashioned bird wants to peck a new fashion food, the needles?’ ‘Don’t unnecessarily needle me about noodles. These are noodles and not needles’ ‘An Appa Iyer School third … Read more