I woke up this morning and lit the lamp, and had my conversation with the divine as usual. As I sat with my tumbler of coffee, warming my hands and waiting for my son’s call, my mind rolled back to decades ago when Diwali was a big deal at home. Ours…
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We’re supposedly “enjoying” a long weekend technically, but it has been far from relaxed. For one thing, both of us at home are frantically catching up on our work, having missed a chunk of last week running around doctors’ clinics, labs and sourcing medication alternatives that are out of supply. We’re…
The old adage goes that “birds of a feather, flock together”. Maybe. But if you really look around, you’ll find more examples of peaceful co-existence. The variety of people we meet right from the time we begin school in the diverse classroom. How interesting it is to see it proved over…
Breaking up is hard to do. Letting go of a relationship that has seen good times after a breakup is painful. However, sometimes, it is the wisest decision to make, especially if holding on for the sake of holding on is only going to make both miserable. And why be miserable?…
I miss my Mom every day, sometimes all day. Especially so with Mother’s Day around the corner. And of course I wish she were around because I miss our conversations, the hugs, the love. She passed away unexpectedly in 2010 but in spite of that, we were able to carry out…
Summer vacations during my school days always meant traveling to meet relatives, having house guests, and invariably attending a wedding or two. It meant happy times with cousins, aunts, and uncles and generally having a good time, then coming back home and talking about it for the next few weeks. I…
Dear Mi, Happy birthday! You would have been 72 today. I always imagined you as rather frail, super-cheerful, gentle-looking and always busy over the years. I have to confess that I never even imagined you in your 70s, because you were always so youthful in your attitude. Sometimes I think, perhaps…