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Category: India

First day home and Bahubali

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

I reach home just before six in the morning. Asha and Amma are already up. After a quick freshen up and breakfast, I start to feel tired and have a Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, Family & Friends, India | Tagged Family | Leave a reply

Trivandrum and friends

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Last night I struggled to sleep. Was it the three cups of tea I had in the evening? Was it the jet lag? Was it ‘Bahubali’ playing havoc with my Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, Family & Friends, India | Tagged Family, Friends, Kerala | Leave a reply

Trip to India

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Once again we wake up to bad news. Another attack in North London. It seems like bad luck has descended upon Londoners and I wonder when the run of misfortunes Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, India, Middle East | Tagged Dubai, London, Travel | Leave a reply

Old friends and weddings

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Seetha was the only person I knew when I came to London in 1984. Although she was in the same class as me in pre- degree and shared the next Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends, India, Other stories | Tagged Friends, Weddings | Leave a reply

Keralam and our responsibilities

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Normally when I’m travelling around my home town, I don’t pay much attention to the outside world. I usually take a book or a journal to while my time. As Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, India, Other stories | Tagged Kerala, Travel | Leave a reply

Time to go home

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

I think the heat is finally getting to me. The lethargy, the lazy feeling. I don’t like sitting cooped up indoors under the fan or inside a closed AC room. Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, India | Tagged Family, Friends, Kerala, Travel | Leave a reply

Lazy day by the beach

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Yesterday we had a lazy day by the sea. The good thing about the ‘Leela’ is that they have their own private beach and it is a sandy one as Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, India | Tagged Family, Kerala, Travel | Leave a reply

Stay at Kovalam

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

During my school days, I started keeping a diary, but was not disciplined enough to write regularly. I now wonder how it would read. What were my thoughts in those Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, India | Tagged Childhood, Kerala, Travel | Leave a reply

Keralam and our responsibilities

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Normally when I’m travelling around my home town, I don’t pay much attention to the outside world. I usually take a book or a journal to while my time. As Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, India, Other stories | Tagged Kerala, Travel | Leave a reply

Summer holidays and mangoes

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

A friend of mine told me today that he was jealous that I am in Kerala during the mango season and how he actually drove six hours once to get Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, India | Tagged Childhood, Kerala, Weather | Leave a reply

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