Goggles In Space

 As i think of the past 16 years of roller coaster ride, i get goosebumps. From not knowing how to hold a new born to taking care of you until today,  it has been a lot of learning.  The hospital stay pre and post delivery, the heavy Kerala monsoons when you were brought home, your naming ceremony, Bangalore days as a toddler, your day care and montessori life, entry of Appu into your life, Notre Dame days and Manjunatha layout life , US and back here - everything is so fresh in my memory that I can write a book (if i had the patience). You have never given way for any complaints from anyone  , except perhaps your mother ! Wish i had a smartphone to capture your childhood moments and cherish them rest of my life ,my most precious !You are my anchor and i pray we become best friends, sharing and care more than we did until now.  Grateful to that invisible force which has protected you until now and will be with you forever. Love you to the moon and back. Don't fa...

How many would have understood chess movements or received a trophy from grandmaster Susan Polgar at the age of 8 or been fortunate to learn Rubik's cube from the master Tyson Mao ? How many would have even written a Math Kangaroo exam at the age of 6 ? How many kids would have started competitive swimming at the age of 8 or won a prize for an own story at school level at the age of 10 ? How many kids would have had the fortune of travelling in car since the day you were born ? How many kids would have had the enjoying the basking sun in California , visiting campus of IT giants of Microsoft, Yahoo , Apple , Cisco , Facebook and the likes, skii in Tahoe, have fun in Disneyland ,camp in tents amongst giant sequoia trees and visit the Grand Canyon ?  You have achieved all this and more . You have been fortunate to be born smart and blessed. Sincerity, dedication and hard work can make you wiser and fitter for this world. Put your heart and soul into what is good, conquer the sky whil...

thangay thanalay makane ninakkay jeevitham uzhinju vechee amma karuthode thirike nee varumennu nokkiyirippoo ee amma kayvalarunnathum kalvalarunnathum kandu rasichoramma kodumkattupole vanna aa bheekaran ninachirikkathe kondupoyille en makane thallikkeduthuka ammayude ullile theeyine nee thalarathe makane unarenam nee vayassaya ammakku thangavendavanalle nee unaroo, amme punaroo prarthichu prarthichu prarthichu thalarnnoree manasonnu kanenum bhagavane en makane thirike tharika nee  manam nonthu prarthikkumee amma

Inspite of being with the most beloved people, new year eve was not a very happy one. I was not in good terms with Sree and there are multiple reasons for it. Sree's behaviour when he is with 'his' people and isolating me was getting worser and worser. He has all the time in the world to talk and laugh with his people but not with me. I never realised this difference until the WFH days we spent in Kerala. During that time, he even told me to "go away"..saying i am disturbing the peace in the family. There were other bad experiences too which could have been easily avoided and for everything i am the rootcause. I started hating the house from that day.  Dec 31.. We had dinner together and went to bed before 12. No non veg as the whole week we all had lot of hotel food, beef etc. So it was chapathi and curry for dinner. There was no excitement to wait until the clock stuck 12 and we all went to bed. By then i had decided that i am not going back to Bangalore with th...

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Children After you were born, for many years i haven't thought about what 'i' like and what i don't. There was nothing called ME time until you guys planted your eyes on the laptop and plugged earphones from dawn to dusk. I was very happy with what i was doing for you. I was fine cleaning the floor every day at 11pm in the night, washing and many times ironing your wet clothes, thinking my head off on what to cook, taking you for classes, seeing you win in competitions. You both meant my universe but like many working mothers , i had my ups and downs too. No one supported my mood swings but your smiles and hugs brought the glee back in me. In every step of success, my tears of joy was there and would be. I urge you to wake up in the morning and stretch because the positive energy from the sun during the day cannot be found at night. I urge you to reduce water wastage ,reduce flush usage and reuse water for you and your grandchildren. My life is more than half over. I ge...

Yesterday i caught up with my engineering collegemates and hostelmates - Deepti,Reshma and Manju. We were meeting after about 2 years .Pre covid we had met with kids at a nice restaurant Bombay Brasserie and had lots of fun. After that we hardly connected on watsapp or phone but yesterday we spent a nice ,bright afternoon at the open lounge bar called Shift in HSR -About hostel days , whats going with the families, parents siblings , jhow each of us were tired of the jobs etc. Deepti was into painting, paper toy making etc and she just loved it. Reshu was detected of cholestrol and was on a strict cleansing diet. Alas ! She has gone back to her college day "Ujala kuppi"figure..Manju was the same and we catch up once in a while with Infy lunchmates, the last one being a couple of months ago at 46 Ounces. We just spoke non stop clicked pictures. Reshu told me she admired my brown eyes and i never knew it ! No one told me and i always lived in complex of being fat, dark and hair...