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Furious -

Posted in Me, Observations/Thoughts, family on February 28, 2008 | 10 Comments »

– is what I am right now.
Yesterday “Someone” suggested in a very subtle manner that I can consider sending my parents to an old age home to help them cope with the loneliness. Thats because they don’t have any son to look after them. “Someone” even cited certain “real life” examples where such old [...]

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A travelling mother –

Posted in Observations/Thoughts, motherhood, women on February 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

- goes through a terrible time, especially if she is nursing her child. There are no private corners to feed the baby. No facility is available to help you with the luggage (except a few kind-hearted souls!). The seats are cramped and very uncomfortable. The situation  is much more  worse if you are traveling by [...]

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Toothless Smile!!

Posted in Diya, Photography on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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I don’t know how you do it –

Posted in Diya, Photography on February 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »

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Couldn’t stop laughing!!!

Posted in funny, kids on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks P for this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkBLHDEoXg8&eurl=http://www.orkut.com/FavoriteVideoView.aspx?uid=10650723519457034936&ad=1203722021&uit=/Home.aspx

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Lullaby – II

Posted in kids, lullaby on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Give me something good to see

And give me something good to hear 
I will be a good girl,
And I’ll be better every year!!!
 
( I am confused! I can’t make out whether this is my own creation or if this has been influenced by some lines that I might have heard somewhere!! )

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Why is it so difficult for people to accept –

Posted in Observations/Thoughts, faith&beliefs, family, kids, women on February 24, 2008 | 15 Comments »

- that accepting husband’s surname is not equivalent to accepting him and his family completely
- that marriage is a two-way relationship. A husband or a wife alone can’t make it work
- that a child belongs to both mother and father
Am I a feminist? I don’t think so. I do believe in equality of the sexes, [...]

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Her mother …

Posted in Fiction/Poetry, women on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

She hurried from the bus-stop to her mother’s home. It was the same routine every day. The office bus dropped her punctually at 5:00 in the evening, and from there it was a ten minute walk to “naani ji ka ghar”. The name was given by her daughters who went there every day after their [...]

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One tight slap

Posted in Diya, Me, faith&beliefs on February 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »

“Is your baby cranky at nights?”
“Is she having frequent stomach aches?”
“Is she vomiting a lot?”
“Was she under-weight at the time of birth?”
These are the questions that one might expect a doctor to ask you. But no, these were asked by a priest of a temple that is being followed at our house. Anyways, without waiting [...]

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A rose by any other name……

Posted in Diya, family on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

So, you can call her
Golchi (her father)
Biba (her mother)
Sweetu (her maasi)
Gulguli/Golu (!!! Naani maa)
Biu/Beauty (Daadi maa)
Putla (!!! Great Grandmother)
Puchka (!!! Daadi maa’s best friend)
And of course the name on the birth certificate is “Diya“!

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