If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be? When I was in Grade 10, my uncle visited India and he brought down a few hand-me-downs from cousins living closer to him. In that collection was a pair of levis, from the men’s collection, but we didn’t know…… Continue reading Jean genes
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Om
How important is spirituality in your life? In any of the towns in south India, you will find that the residents typically wake up early and the first order of business is cleaning the front yard and creating the Rangoli. Mum always had a maid, hired to come in at 6 am (that was the…… Continue reading Om
Time out
How do you practice self-care? When the kid was born, I was over the moon. Excited was an understatement and exhausted was the highlight. But I coped. I had never interacted with any other kid in the family, so I had no idea what was required to be done. The paternity leave got over faster…… Continue reading Time out
TWT (time wasting tactics)
How do you waste the most time every day? Grade 6 in our school was when all the students were made to master the Wren&Martin in English. I am still trying to understand what I learned from solving the extraordinary amount of sentence analysis I completed every day as part of our English homework assignments.…… Continue reading TWT (time wasting tactics)
Munchin away
Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood? At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time, and nobody knew it. I was in grade 5 when Mum made me join the gym. Made me, because I did not want to leave…… Continue reading Munchin away
The Crush-ing
Write about your first crush. Since you’ve been around I smile a lot more than I used to. When I was in grade 5 we moved into a new house. It was a new locality and I had more kids my age on the street to play with. But I also had to take care…… Continue reading The Crush-ing
A little more
How do you want to retire? I’m a WFH-SAHM, and I don’t know if I can retire. I wake up super early to ensure kids are set to leave from home to school on time, pack lunch, and keep shoes and bottles out so nothing is missed. Dust and make beds, prep breakfast, ensure there…… Continue reading A little more
Mamma said
What’s the oldest thing you own that you still use daily? Metaphors. I’ve been raised with quite a few, here are the two I used on my kids and their counters to mine. A progressive generation- these kids. I never had a comeback for Mum’s metaphors. I dared never to have one. But, this new…… Continue reading Mamma said
Hazy, crazy days of summer
What is your favorite season of year? Why? I remember standing on the terrace, guarding the blue plastic sheet with the tiny Vadams left to dry in the sun. It must’ve been around 3:45 pm, the sun was hot, but its intensity was dying down. A faint wind picked up. It was towards the end…… Continue reading Hazy, crazy days of summer
The good life
What are the most important things needed to live a good life? A good life is a collection of happy memories. Denis Waitley Summer vacations in my hometown in the late 1980s and the early 1990s were filled with memories of frequent power cuts. We used to spend as much of the daylight as we…… Continue reading The good life
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