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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 …

    Stories About Appa
    1 One comment on “Fourteen Years Without Appa”
  • 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 …

    Stories About Appa
    4 4 comments on “When I Wrote Letters to Appa”
  • When Love Came in a Green Bucket

    Posted by mykidneybeans on June 26, 2022

    When I was born in the 70s, my grandmother whom we affectionately addressed as “Andhamai” came to live with us in Bombay to support my parents. With the addition of me in the family, we …

    Life Happens
    10 10 comments on “When Love Came in a Green Bucket”
  • 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, …

    Stories About Appa
    2 2 comments on “Appa’s Love for Singing”
  • 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 …

    Stories About Appa
    6 6 comments on “Why Appa Takes Full Credit for my Typing Speed”
  • Straight From My Art – Workshop 2 – Lotus Mandala

    Posted by mykidneybeans on March 18, 2021July 17, 2021

    Our second family zentangle workshop included all four of my sisters, two neices and a cousin sister. It was an absolutely amazing workshop spread over two of our weekly calls. The first week we drew …

    Straight from My Art
    4 4 comments on “Straight From My Art – Workshop 2 – Lotus Mandala”
  • On International Men’s Day

    Posted by mykidneybeans on November 19, 2020

    As the adage goes, behind every successful man is a woman. But the reverse is also absolutely true. In the post COVID era, one of the things that has happened is that the media has …

    Life Happens
    5 5 comments on “On International Men’s Day”
  • CoviMusings – The Fragrance of Home

    Posted by mykidneybeans on October 14, 2020October 14, 2020

    Gold runs through my fingers as I sprinkle it into the simmering mixture of tempered spices, onions, tomatoes and chillies. Turmeric is a spice. But that beautiful yellow gold running through my fingers? That’s an …

    Life Happens
    13 13 comments on “CoviMusings – The Fragrance of Home”
  • On Appa’s Birth Anniversary

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 11, 2020

    Happy Birthday AppaIf you were with us todayYou would have turned a ripe old 83And we would have heard you exclaim“I’m 83 years young!”When we called to wish you Happy Birthday AppaWe’ve missed you these …

    Stories About Appa
    1 One comment on “On Appa’s Birth Anniversary”
  • 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 …

    Stories About Appa
    5 5 comments on “Appa’s Cup of Tea”
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