Holidays
Initially holidays used be just a short break to relax, away from the hustle and bustle of London. The furthest we ventured was Jersey. The next step was Europe. The Continue Reading →
Category: Family & Friends
Babysitting Lakshmi
It’s been almost thirty years since I have looked after a baby. Well Lakshmi is not a baby anymore, but still. Even all those years ago, I never did do Continue Reading →
Lakshmi’s first birthday party
I cannot say that spring has sprung anymore, because spring is well under way and today the temperature was in the low to mid twenties, which is almost ten degrees Continue Reading →
Old friends and weddings
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 →
Rajula
Today I met a lady who was named after a ship. A ship I have travelled in during the late 60s. She was surprised that I made the connection. She Continue Reading →
The Pope and Lakshmi
How did they get so close to Pope Frances? A one in a million chance. Isn’t it like winning the lottery? The question on most people’s lips when I showed Continue Reading →
Prasantha
There are friends who evoke old memories in you and then there are friends who remind you of what friendship really means. Prasantha and I go back to my pre Continue Reading →
Teenage crushes and SPM tour
An ABBA song, that’s all it takes To open up Pandora’s box and teenage crushes Oh! the ripples it makes Painting pictures with mind’s brushes The only words I knew Continue Reading →
Getting together with schoolmates
Dawn of another day Another ordinary day it is not Today friends of old, meet up to say It means a lot We are now part of each other’s life Continue Reading →
The Hippocratic Oath
The last time I was part of a ceremony where the oath was taken was at Kavitha’s graduation a few years ago. I wasn’t expecting it, so it came as Continue Reading →
