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Category: Family & Friends

Second childhood

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

It has been snowing since yesterday, only lightly though. It didn’t settle. Which is a pity, because Lakshmi came to spend the weekend with me and we could have had Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends | Tagged Chigwell, Family, Lakshmi, Weather | Leave a reply

My poor cars

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Once in a while on a Wednesday I am asked to do a private list at a hospital in Brentford. The journey is only 25 miles and should normally take Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Europe, Family & Friends, Other stories | Leave a reply
Childhood Friends

Childhood friends

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Majority of my friends in my school whatsapp group have known each other since their first day at school. Some stayed on till the end of the school days, some Continue Reading →

Posted in Asia, Family & Friends, Malaysia | Tagged Childhood, Family, Friends, Pahang | Leave a reply

My friend Rafia

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

I spent the day with a good friend of mine. A friend from my college and medical school days. Rafia was the only friend apart from my mother, I used Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends | Tagged Friends, London, Weather | Leave a reply

Lakshmi’s first Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

I haven’t spent Christmas at my house now for a few years. For the last few years it has been in New York, Kerala, Marbella and now for the second Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends, Other stories | Tagged Christmas, Family, Lakshmi | Leave a reply

Gone with the wind and my medical college days

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

When I was in the third or fourth year of medical school my friends, Asha, Sree, Chitra and Rafia bought me a book for my birthday. They took me to Continue Reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Family & Friends, India | Tagged Friends, Kerala, Medical School | Leave a reply

Christmas Market

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

Winter is officially here and with it the hours of sunshine gets less and less. Soon the shortest day in our calendar year will arrive and the good news is Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends, Other stories | Tagged Family, Lakshmi, Weather | Leave a reply

Asha, my friend

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

During my pre- degree years, I became friends with my bench mates, but there were others in class who also caught my eye and gradually we became friends. Sreekumari, Rafia Continue Reading →

Posted in Family & Friends, India | Tagged Childhood, College, Friends, Kerala, Kollam | Leave a reply

Bell-bottoms and college

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

I have written about my school days and today I thought I will write a bit about my pre-degree days. My pre-degree years were spent at the Sree Narayana (SN) Continue Reading →

Posted in Family & Friends, India | Tagged Childhood, College, Friends, Kerala, Kollam | Leave a reply

Fifth of November

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

‘Remember remember the fifth day of November’ and so the poem goes. Guy Fawkes and his companions plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5 1605. It Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends | Tagged Family, Friends, Lakshmi, Weddings | Leave a reply

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