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  • An Artist and a Workaholic Meet at a Bar

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 23, 2023September 23, 2023

    She rushed in with the weight of a hundred worlds on her head. Even as she walked into the bar to meet a long-lost friend, her mind was miles away in front of her work …

    Life Happens
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  • My Strong Amma

    Posted by mykidneybeans on September 12, 2023September 13, 2023

    “Didi, Amma bahut strong hai! Aap kyon kamzor ho rahe ho? Amma theek hai!” Elder sister, your mother is very strong. Why are you being so weak? Your mother is fine! Amma’s nurse’s repeated refrains …

    Life Happens
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  • The Guilt Trip

    Posted by mykidneybeans on June 17, 2023June 17, 2023

    My spice rack. A creative idea that came years ago. A vision brought to life thanks to my husband. It has travelled with me since the last couple of decades across houses. There’s never been …

    Life Happens
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  • Protect, Respect, Honour, Love

    Posted by mykidneybeans on June 4, 2023

    Once a year in the Hindu tradition, brothers and sisters celebrate their relationship and reaffirm what they mean to each other with the festival of Raksha Bandhan – literally translated to the bond of protection. …

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  • How Amma Named Her Recipes

    Posted by mykidneybeans on June 4, 2023June 4, 2023

    It’s a long holiday weekend of five days. Me, my husband, our nephew and a good friend have spent the last couple of days on long drives in the day, late nights of song and …

    Stories About Amma
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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”
  • My Stoic Amma

    Posted by mykidneybeans on March 5, 2023June 4, 2023

    Over the years of my writing journey I have written a lot about my Appa. His life and philosophy are the foundations on which I built my life and the way I choose to live …

    Stories About Amma
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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 …

    Stories About Appa
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  • A Year of Firsts

    Posted by mykidneybeans on December 31, 2021

    2020 was a year we all spent thinking about the last time we did something that we had taken for granted in our day-to-day lives. When was the last time we travelled? The last time …

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  • My Worst Enemy

    Posted by mykidneybeans on November 26, 2021

    She is a killjoySure to whisper doubts in my earWhen happiness makes an appearance She is a villianWaiting to throw a spanner in the worksWhenever I feel confident and ready for a challenge She is …

    Life Happens, The Poet Inside Me
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