Back in Schliersee with family
‘Starry, starry night’, the words pop up in my head. The night sky twinkles with a million stars. It reminds me of the nights before words like ‘light pollution’, became Continue Reading →
Tag: Family
The Gruffalo Trail
“The weather forecast for the weekend looks pretty grim. What do you do with your children on a weekend like this?” I ask Tiffany, our theatre sister. For someone so Continue Reading →
Sajana and Onam
Rice, sambar, aviyal and thoran, something I should have been eating on Onam day. Instead it came too early, just like Sajana’s death. Is this what Sajana had in mind Continue Reading →
The day of the wedding
The alarm goes off. It is six in the morning. I just fell asleep about 3 hours ago. I didn’t have to get up this early, but forgot to switch Continue Reading →
Miskin Manor Hotel
The spiders have been busy spinning their cobwebs. The outside of the house is starting to look a little bit like the haunted house from ‘the Addams family’. Well, I Continue Reading →
Amma and ‘Hamilton’
Amma’s house slippers and the wooden moth balls that Lakshmi likes to find and play with when she is in our house greet me as I open the door. The Continue Reading →
Taking Eddie for a walk
Last Friday evening I had two options. Take Lakshmi swimming or go for a walk in the neighbourhood. It was late by the time I returned from my appointment and Continue Reading →
Salzburg
Freitag Salzburg, our destination for today. Once again George picks us up and we are on our way. On the way he goes through the history of Salzburg, starting from Continue Reading →
Writing our stories
Writing our own stories. Isn’t that what each and everyone of us is doing. Some do it in spectacular style. Others fall by the wayside. Some drift along where the Continue Reading →
Kerala ‘vallomkali’ in England
Another weekend with Amma and another scorching day. There is a programme arranged to encourage Kerala tourism and the Nehru trophy snake boat race which is held annually in the Continue Reading →
