An Inspiring Story: Tell Me Something I Can\’t Forget. . .
What I should have known about that incident is that it would indelibly be engraved in my subconscious. I should have known that my mother\’s words would define every future action, every decision I took.
My memory of it is blurry as childhood memories often are.
My brother who\’s two younger than I were squabbling. I may have been 11 or 12 years old. We were fighting as we were inclined to do, and soon it developed into a full-blown scuffle where he hit me on the side of my head.
\”Pow.\” My brother was two years younger than me but bigger and more aggressive.
\”Waaaaah.\” The force of his blow knocked me down. I remember getting up from the floor, nursing my hurting head in my right palm and running to my mom to complain.
In Honor of Mother\’s Day; a Graduation & a Funeral. . .
My son graduated from college last week. There were ten of us who had flown in from California. Michigan stadium, named \’The Big House\’ is the largest stadium in the U.S. and the second largest stadium in the world.
THE FIRST TIME I EVER. . . (An Ode To All Mothers)
The first time I ever became a mother I waited for the thunderclap from the heavens above, for the ground to tremble and shake to herald the arrival of my darling little cherub.
Spring. . .
I love the freshness of Spring. The cherry blossom trees outside my office window shake their fragrant petals in the slight breeze and shower them on my puppy and me as I walk my white Westie terrier in the soft ambient light of the late-afternoon sun.
All roads lead to the 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards. . .
My friend, and guest blogger Anjali Dhawan recently attended the creme-de-la-creme of Bollywood award shows and one of the oldest film events in India, the Filmfare awards. Here is her account of this grand event…
Quotable quotes from Downton Abbey. . .
\”The war has made old women of us both.\” Lady Grantham\’s response: \”Oh, not me. I always stay out of the sun.\”
Puppy Love; The Gift That Keeps Giving. . .
A tiny dread begins to fill the pit of my stomach.
A frisson of fear fills my body as I hear a hissing sound from the backyard.
Sheru!
Sheru!
A Good life Equals Good Relationships
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. ~ Arundhati Roy
I\’ve just come back from India, and I miss it already. I don\’t miss the dirt, the pollution, the poverty, the constant crowds of people . . .
My Adventures in Goa: The Big Indian Wedding
My sister-in-law\’s sister fell in love with a gora (Caucasian) from Canada and came home to her native town of New Delhi to get married.
Imagine If There Were No Religion. . .
“She fears for her child. She fears about what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open the newspapers every day,”