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  • 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
    8 8 comments on “When Love Came in a Green Bucket”
  • 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”
  • When Amma and Appa Cooked Sodhi

    Posted by mykidneybeans on December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

    Like the scrumptious cheese toast I wrote about some time back that still takes me back to a simpler time in life, Sodhi is another preparation that had quite slipped my mind until a few …

    Stories About Appa
    2 2 comments on “When Amma and Appa Cooked Sodhi”
  • 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”
  • The Dream Cupboard

    Posted by mykidneybeans on April 7, 2020

    1910 A small village in South India. A 10-year old bride. And me, a humble wooden cupboard by her side. Ready to carry her belongings wherever life takes her. Her name is Alamelu. And her …

    Let Me Tell You A Story
    3 3 comments on “The Dream Cupboard”
  • Appa and our Love Affair with Parsi Dairy Farm

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 23, 2019September 23, 2019

    Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to take a day tour of my beloved Bombay thanks to a couple of my dearest friends who were visiting the city and wanted to see it from …

    Stories About Appa
    0 0 comments on “Appa and our Love Affair with Parsi Dairy Farm”
  • Amma and Keeping in Touch

    Posted by mykidneybeans on August 11, 2019April 20, 2020

    My mother is now over eighty years old. And over the years she has changed from a hyper-active, super busy, doesn’t know how to relax person into a calm, cool and collected influence on all …

    Life Happens
    4 4 comments on “Amma and Keeping in Touch”
  • Appa and the Fifty-Fifty Toaster

    Posted by mykidneybeans on November 23, 2018November 23, 2018

    I grew up in the 80s, that period between the slow 70s and the booming 90s when the world was near perfect. Technology was unheard of, everything was done by hand and took a lot …

    Stories About Appa
    1 One comment on “Appa and the Fifty-Fifty Toaster”
  • Appa, Me and One Night at The Hospital

    Posted by mykidneybeans on October 7, 2018

    Growing up, I always adored and looked up to my father. He was my role model and a symbol of perfection. He was also a superhuman in my eyes, someone who was invincible and who …

    Stories About Appa
    1 One comment on “Appa, Me and One Night at The Hospital”
  • Appa’s Not-So-Easy Chair

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 23, 2018

    A lot of things have changed in the years since Appa passed away. This house that he lived in for nearly a decade before he moved on from this world has turned on its head …

    Stories About Appa
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