Conversations around the house

KT is off on a work related trip and I have promptly parked myself at my parents’ place, looking forward to a nice lazy time.
I wake up at 6 45 am to find the lunch cooked, boxes packed and the breakfast being readied. A cup of steaming hot coffee finds its way to me and [...]

I live on my own terms

Was travelling in an auto when this line came to my mind…I’m not sure where I read it, but I think someone (Suki was it you??) had given this entry to one of Chandni’s six word memoirs? I have to go and dig her archives to figure out if I’m right. But I remember it making a [...]

To the person who will never read this

Its funny to say it this way but if at all there is one person who can take credit for what I am today, its you.
I’ve never said that to you before and perhaps I never will say it the way I mean it. I’ve said it brusquely, very matter of fact. But I guess I’ve [...]

Baby muddles in my head

My uncle S and his wife P are having trouble conceiving…not too uncommon?
Well S is 37 and P is 35..S is handicapped, he is hearing impaired and P is from a very poor family, had a very troubled childhood and all the works. They married a couple of years back and they both want a [...]

Fine print

Yeah so we now live in fancy duplex apartment….very difficult to keep track of new maid with the whole upstairs downstairs thing
Yeah we have nice classy furniture..very scared to use them normally as they’re real expensive and will get spoilt
Yeah so we live alone..away from the inlaws and the parents and I don’t have to do [...]

Three years…

Dear KT 
This day…three years ago…my life changed….
This day…three years ago…I took an irreversible step…
This day…three years ago…you and I came together…as one…
October 23, 2004 put an and to the turmoil that we (or was it only me!!) faced… I was this angst ridden girl…untrusting and extremely reluctant to get really close to people…never had a [...]

Again..

Just when one crisis had passed…another seems to loom…patti is unwell again…blood in her stools…please God…let her be ok..I’m feeling so helpless…hope its some minor infection or something….
Please………..

A, patti and me

The past two days have been extremely bad…with A in hospital for his surgery and me juggling hospital duty and work… Poor kid, I feel so bad for him…this whole surgery was so unnecessary and avoidable had he alerted us to the issue a bit earlier…I have now taken a vow never to ignore a [...]

Broken verses…

That’s the book I’m reading…is there any job in this whole wide world that involves reading all day..?
The happiest times at work was during my Industrial Training when I had finished my exams and had a month of training to kill…I had no work whatsoever and spent the entire day reading books I had downloaded [...]

Please be ok A

A, my brother is unwell, his back is giving him trouble and the doctor has said that he needs two surgeries, one requiring hospitalisation for 10 days. Amma and appa have taken him to another one to take a second opinion…im very scared…God please let there be no trouble…the kid is just 20 he doesnt [...]