Jayan
Film star Jayan was one of Kerala’s most famous actors in the 70s. He was Malayalam cinema’s first action hero. He was also Sree’s cousin. When we were in our Continue Reading →
Author: Chitra Gopinathan
Happy Birthday your Majesty
The Queen’s Golden Jubilee events which were held to celebrate 50 years of The Queen’s reign ended on June 4 2002 with a parade on The Mall and a fly Continue Reading →
Ollie (Lakshmi) and Epping Forest
Little Ollie has been very good so far. She came into this world at a perfect time for us. A week before and we would have missed it as we Continue Reading →
Lakshmi
I am a grandma now and so the dilemma now is how should Lakshmi be spelt. Is it with an ‘a’or an ‘e’? Anyway her Aunt is upset and thinks Continue Reading →
Alfie
We spent last Christmas at Huw’s place. We left early on Christmas morning after picking Kavitha and Huw and their sackful of presents. We reached Powys in Wales in time Continue Reading →
Sentimental at Weddings
Why do weddings turn you into gibbering wrecks? Especially English ones. Is it the vows, the readings, the speeches when done intelligently and articulately or is it just another sign Continue Reading →
Back problems and Ms Monroe
I’ve already told Mano that if he says anything funny it is going on my blog. So this might be his last joke for a while. A colleague of ours Continue Reading →
Great sporting moments
Talking about great sporting moments, which you can look back and say yes I was there. For the English, it would always be England winning the World Cup (football of Continue Reading →
Sports
I was never a sporty person. When I was young, I remember being surprised when my mother told me that she used to do well in her school and Onam Continue Reading →
300 days of sunshine
When you have 300 days of sunshine a year you tend to forget how lucky you are. For us we have the equal number of rainy, dull and dreary days, Continue Reading →
