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  • Fourteen Years Without Appa

    Posted by mykidneybeans on April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

    My Appa passed away on April 19th, 2009 Till date, it is hard for me to say or type these words. I think all of us expect parents to remain eternally alive. No matter what …

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  • When I Wrote Letters to Appa

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 11, 2022September 11, 2022

    Today is Appa’s 85th birth anniversary. Thirteen years ago, he left us after a valiant battle with cancer. Towards the end of that same year, I began to put my thoughts around this phase of …

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  • Appa’s Love for Singing

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 11, 2021

    A few years back I wrote about Appa’s love for music and the range of songs and music he loved to listen to. Apart from loving to listen to music from some of the greats, …

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  • How I Caught the Book Bug from Appa

    Posted by mykidneybeans on April 24, 2021

    I came across a post yesterday on social media which said it was World Book Day and that the theme of the year was “share a story”. I am an avid reader of books. In …

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  • Why Appa Takes Full Credit for my Typing Speed

    Posted by mykidneybeans on April 19, 2021

    It was the early 90s. Computers and IT as a career had just begun to make an appearance in the Indian career scene. I was pursuing a degree in Commerce and it seemed to make …

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  • Appa’s Cup of Tea

    Posted by mykidneybeans on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

    For as long as I can remember, Amma and Appa had a routine when it came to the consumption of tea and coffee in our household. They would have coffee bright and early in the …

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  • Appa’s Love for Music – Part 3

    Posted by mykidneybeans on August 21, 2019August 21, 2019

    Author’s Note: Catch Part 1 and Part 2 before you read on! As I continued to pick what I felt were Appa’s absolute favourites that should be showcased and celebrated as immortal and evergreen musical …

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  • Appa’s Love for Music – Part 2

    Posted by mykidneybeans on August 14, 2019

    Here’s a link to Part 1 in case you missed it. Appa sang lullabies to us when we were growing up. Later, we would hear them as he held one of the other of his …

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  • Appa’s Love for Music – Part 1

    Posted by mykidneybeans on August 12, 2019

    Author’ Note – I have included a YouTube link of Appa’s top five songs. Do listen to them to fully be part of the music experience that was Appa. With all the talents that Appa …

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  • Appa and Expressions of Love

    Posted by mykidneybeans on June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

    I am inwardly laughing here… the beginning of this tale is similar to the one I wrote about Appa and his art of diplomacy – there wasn’t any diplomacy to write about! Well, you’re just …

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