Category: Slice of Life
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Brothers
My Wandering Wednesday Series are dedicated to the flight of my imagination now and then, captured by my camera lens or nestled in my album. And then, songs and movies simply fill in the gaps for the right captions! I try to give you the back story of the picture too. Perhaps you may see a tale…
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In Her Shoes
My Wandering Wednesday Series are dedicated to the flight of my imagination now and then, captured by my camera lens. And then, songs and movies simply fill in the gaps for the right captions! I try to give you the back story of the picture too. Perhaps you may see a tale hidden there. Check the previous…
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The Cat is out of the Bag
Tinkle Snuggles Crasto was an unplanned pet. And yet there she was, that ball of fur that purred her way into our lives. Of course, like all good things, she was a delight to be around. The hubby was slowly thawing towards her. Life as we knew it……. was good. And then the change began.…
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Walk the Talk
A Chinese proverb goes like this, Tell me, I’ll forget Show me, I’ll remember Involve me, I’ll understand 1984 Somewhere, in a school in Bombay, a little girl held her father’s hand as she proudly walked to collect her report card. She had secured the prized first rank. As she clung onto her A grades,…
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Mr.Postman. STOP.
It’s funny how something can be there and never quite catch your attention. And just when it decides to say goodbye, you want it to stay some more. You scamper to save a memoir from the roads you’ve travelled earlier. You want to hold on for just a bit longer. And so it was when BSNL…
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Pudding Aunty
Aunty Lila, Mom and Uncle Peter about a month back. Sundays were always different, especially for Mom. She went to work. Well, actually she attended cooking classes in the vicinity conducted by Aunty Lila. Mom had a natural flair for the culinary arts. With these classes she aced various cuisines, right from Continental to Chinese,…
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Y yens YESTERYEARS
“Once you leave from here, you won’t ever return to even say hello. Nobody does.” Those words cut like a knife. I was screaming in my head, not true. I will come back. I promised myself, I would. The year was 1992. I was passing out of my school. And those were the parting words…
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P pressurizes PARENTS
Google Image Once upon a time, there was a good for nothing fella. He refused to move a muscle or make an effort to do anything with his life. Yet, his mother doted on him. However, his father was worried for his future and tried to drill some sense into the boy’s head, but to…
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K knits KALEIDOSCOPE
Today is a special dedication to a young lady who turns 11 on Sunday. I am lucky, for she calls me Mom. And I’d like to believe, this would be how she’d summarize her year gone by… Yet another year passes me by Funny, but time does indeed fly I think my yesterdays were pretty fine …
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H haggles HAPPINESS
My Princess served me coffee last evening, just the way I like it, with a smiley face! The Pursuit of Happyness is probably what drives us all. We want that ever elusive golden key to the treasures of the heart, mind and soul. We have both, short-term and long-term goals that seem to take us…