Landing in God’s Own Country
Trivandrum, as we used to call our capital city of Kerala is the English version of Thiruvananthapuram. Literally translated it means, the city of Lord Anantha. The now world famous Continue Reading →
Tag: Family
Babysitting
I was never a baby person. Babies and I never mixed. They didn’t like me and the feeling was sort of mutual. With Kavitha I didn’t have a choice. Everything Continue Reading →
World athletics championships, Mo Farah and Usain Bolt
Last year sometime I get a message from Kavitha telling me that the world athletics championships are coming to London at the Olympics venue and that I should register and Continue Reading →
School memories
I leave from work early today. The mandatory paediatric life support course doesn’t take as long as I anticipated it to be. The temperature was in the low twenties. The Continue Reading →
Parents and final farewells
We’ve reached that age where slowly one by one our older generation are saying their final farewells. As I was telling my mum how my friends parents have died, she Continue Reading →
Achan- Bali and Poojas
It rained heavily yesterday, but by the time everyone started arriving the day cleared up and the rain stayed away. Today was different. I woke up to what sounded like Continue Reading →
Achan’s first death anniversary
Soman uncle brings two ladies to recite verses from the ‘Bhagavatham’ today. An Indian classic of spiritual teaching derived from Vedic wisdom. As they start the reciting, Amma, Asha and Continue Reading →
First Pooja
Amma wakes up at 4 to get ready before the poojaris (priests) arrive. They only came around 530 am. I hear movements and dropped utensils, but go back to sleep Continue Reading →
First day home and Bahubali
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 →
Trivandrum and friends
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 →
