Visiting cats rarely miss tea-time. Perhaps ( Read more... )

Incessant heavy rain. Strong winds. Knee-deep water.
Eerily deserted streets. Wet muddy feet. Jacket and
umbrella were of little use. It was fun walking
down an empty road visualising myself as the lone
human battling the hostile elements. So much for
self-aggrandisement. :P

Shivering in an air-conditioned room, I amused myself
by writing this haiku:

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M. called up just before her bedtime because
she wanted to recite a new cat poem to me. I
told her I wanted to learn it. She taught it to me
right away, by making me repeat every line after
her, with proper stresses and intonation.

In return I was asked to tell her a story over the phone
right then. I told her Snow White and Rose Red, which
is her ( Read more... )

M. : Shall I make a sentence starting with "My maushi..."?
       My maushi is a catmaushi.

M: मावशी तू ना आवडणारा नवरा शोध.
 me: अं...?
M: बघ, तुला cats आवडतात आणी त्याला tigers. म्हणजे तुमची
cat family होईल...  
me:   :D

Translation

M: Maushi find yourself a husband who loves tigers.
me: Umm...?
M: See, you like cats and he likes tigers. Then you will
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Thank you 
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This morning, there were two catbabies outside ( Read more... )

Nieces rock...

particularly when they are four months old,
plump and bald with big black eyes. When you pick them up,
they give you toothless smiles, babble at you and use their
chubby little hands to grab at anything within reach - the
ultimate objective being to put it in their mouths.

And when you put them down and say "Ta-ta", they bawl
loudly until ( Read more... )

When
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It is more than two years since Aai-Baba refused to
allow cats in the house. "No more pets", they said and
that was final.   :(

Since then,
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Danke schoen
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