Another year comes to a close. It is once again time to take stock of the last 365 days and build a mental balance sheet. As is the tendency of us human beings who, irrespective …
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Retrospection, Reflection and Realisation
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Little Ones, Big Tales
One fine evening in December 1999, two families met for a cup of coffee, some rava idli and kesari. Mission: Boy meets Girl. Boy liked girl and vice versa, enough to consider a life time …
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Appa and the Art of Shopping for Produce
By this point you all know that in my eyes and in the eyes of anyone who interacted with him, my father was a man of substance. For me, he was also an influential and …
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Appa’s Love for Music – Part 2
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
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
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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Letting Go
Anita sat beside the window sill, tears streaming down her eyes. The myriad of emotions going through her was too much to contain or display. She had to get a grip, now! She could hear …
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Appa-Isms – One for the Tough Times
Life is not always fun and easygoing. At each turning point at life, we all encounter roadblocks, stop signs, situations where nothing seems right and no option seems viable. Very soon, helplessness sets in and …
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Appa and the Fifty-Fifty Toaster
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 …
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The Other Woman
1960 Abha stood up and faced him, eyes blazing. They had been talking for hours now on this… situation they found themselves in. They weren’t getting anywhere and it seemed like they were stuck in …
