I took some time off, as daddy and daughter were happily coexisting under one roof. We had a fabulous morning with D & her friends running all over our local park and playground and company of parents where we talked about parenting, politics, climate, college savings, and bollywood dancing. It was a beautiful day ( Read more... )

I don't know if I ever noted this down. Several months ago, our neighbor down the corridor had knocked on our door. He is a very friendly neighbour and had shared with us his story of visiting India (a Church missionary tour) and was looking forward to going back again ( Read more... )

• It seems my LJ friends are dropping off LJ one by one....  :( I myself have been losing the interest to post. Plus lack of easy access to computer doesn't help! How do you "meet" new LJ folks these days?
• I have been hearing so many birth announcements around me. I myself look 6-7 months pregnant. But that's because I am eating all of D's leftovers, ( Read more... )

India must be some magical place especially for child development. Because anytime I share with family or some friends (when they ask) that D is not walking without support, let alone stand, nor is she saying any words yet (that we recognise), and occasionally she acts shy, the answer is unianimously always to "bring her to India" or "take her to ( Read more... )

Enjoying the food! Seen pretty much all of Bangalore in the last two weeks! Since landing in Bangalore, we have driven down to Madanapalle and then to Puttaparthi and back!  That was just 600km covered in 36 hours. I can't believe the time here is coming to an end! :S Why does time fly?! Soon we will be heading down to Andhra Pradesh and travel ( Read more... )

Enjoying Mumbai! :) The city welcomed me in with the usual Mumbai pollution and humidity! Coming here from Singapore or Malaysia, the humidity didn't feel all that much different. But coming from DC, whoa, it hits you in the face! I feel forever drenched! The heat as well doesn't help! It should be cooling down a bit soon ( Read more... )

Some people ask me if I drive. I say yes. Some people ask me do I drive when I go home. Once I establish they mean India, my answer is no, with a look of "are you mad?" Kuala Lumpur was crazy enough. In fact it was the driving abilities of Indian driving that gave me the courage and guts to drive on KL roads. It didn't seem half as bad. ( Read more... )

When my uncles & aunts were here from India and we went down to DC for a tour everyone laughed and were amused to see their beloved but disappearing mode of transportation here in DC. The rickshaw.


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We learnt the national anthem from the moment we entered school doors. We somehow learnt it along with fellow classmates, listening to them sing it at the school assembly every morning. Unfortunately not all are born with a beautiful voice but we sang our hearts out, completely off key, off pitch, off-tone. There might have been a few who would ( Read more... )

I enjoyed Mumbai this time around. I am not very sure why, but I did. The roads are better. The driving is a tad bit more organised (alright compared to Bangalore anyhow) and people actually wear seatbelts. Oh wait...the cars actually come with seatbelts now. But that's not why. It's the people. Maybe before in the comfort of being constantly ( Read more... )