Thursday, May 29, 2008

Mother tongue

Prior to having kids, I used to feel very strongly about this subject. Whenever I saw kids conversing in English to a degree where few of them didn’t even understand their mother tongue since the mother favored it that way, I contemplated that I am going to make a difference. But little did I know that I would jump into the same boat when it came to talking to my kids. Like many others my motivations...

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Headlines today or Comedy today?

I have been following Arushi’s murder mystery for a while now. Thanks to the media and numerous blogs that contribute their personal opinion about how they feel about it. The media in particular never wear out repeating the same thing over and over again, particularly channels like Headlines today , Aaj tak and Times now. The competition between channels has gotten so far that they don’t mind stooping...

Monday, May 26, 2008

Clean Up

Board games and toys have actually managed to occupy half our abode. It’s been a while since I have been thinking of clearing out the mess but somehow I managed to put it off until yesterday when I realized that our home is choking up with the fresh ones from yesterday’s party. Realization about grave...

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Missing and lethargic

I had to inscribe the incident before I forget. Tired after adi’s birthday , I can’t help but think and laugh about this little lad who lost the return gift. He came up to me and U= Aunty I didn’t get the return gift waaaaa…. …Me=I am sure I gave it to you. U=No aunty, I swear I dint get it. Me=What is that gift-wrap in your hand. U=Oh that! I opened the gift you gave me. Me=Now where is the gift....

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Gloomy but Content

Yesterday was Adi’s birthday and my boy is 6 year old. I am alarmed at how time flied. Memories are still fresh in my mind and they don’t seem like memories to me. The pregnancy, the way I panicked on the night when I knew he was coming, rushing to the hospital, the anxiety which led to fever and throwing out, the doc taking me in for a C-section, the anesthetist asking me if I like idlis and then...

Monday, May 19, 2008

Timing Issue

Awwww ! summer holidays is almost done and am already feeling my adrenaline rush thinking of adi dashing to school in the early hours of the day. Until last year I was stress-free with Adi leaving to school only by 9 A. M. There was enough time for him to have a leisure breakfast. But this year he...

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Mandira Bedi and My Hubby

Now come on dirty minds, don’t get ideas. I am talking cricket here. From a woman of substance in the mega Shanti to one of the most happening faces on television today Mandira gave a shot at anchoring cricket(male dominated game) for Set max 6 years ago. The first time Ajith saw her on his favorite...

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Birthday Bash

It’s noon here and Adi is prepared to go to a birthday party at 4PM. He is all energized and sitting here dressed from past an hour. Talking about birthdays, we live in an apartment, where there are around 200 families in our complex most of whom we know. Majority are couples our age and Adi has ample...

Friday, May 9, 2008

Aditya Petrified

This incident happened a year ago and I am not sure why am blogging about it at the moment. Bangalore malls are so crowded during weekends that we don’t even get hold of a mouthful of air. It was one of those days when we decided to shop in one of the malls and I had particularly warned Adi to cling...

Monday, May 5, 2008

Riches to Rags

Today’s piece of writing on paper regarding the story of rags to riches has certainly caught my eye. I was taken aback when I read the facts about hundreds of farmers who owned agricultural lands worth anything between Rs 3 crore and 30 crore in Jakkur and other neighboring villages, in the past four years have become daily wage workers. This is the result of bangalore’s fast development and it is...

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Ooty The Beauty

I am not sure why we set aside this destination when it came to planning a holiday. Goa being our preferred target, we constantly headed there when we looked-for a break. I presume Bangalore’s increasing mercury level ought to have stimulated us to set off to some place cool. To begin with, we made...