daily tidbit 22

Recently, outside our neigbourhood shopping mall, there has been this huge clown attraction for kids- one that Nadi took an instant comaraderie to because as he says it, “Mama, Nadi ko taaown hieee kiya”. The clown in question has huge air filled arms which flap in the wind as a greeting that Nadi takes to [...]

The F word and other less important stories

What would you do if your 2 year old suddenly ran around the room with “f—, man” on repeat? If you were a normal human being you would want to melt right there of course. I stared in horrified fascination at the clear diction, the appropriate use of the word (the light had just gone [...]

green for faith, victory and pakistan.

All I want to say is we so needed this today. Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan, Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan. (in the different slower tune Dada sings it in)

daily tidbit 21

Nadi has decided that he does not want to go to school- instead he will “”dwive zhooo“” to “offish” like Nana and Abba, where he will work on the “lappop” and watch Baby Chef on “tubeyou” with his “beefcashe“. But since its so hot here these days, he has decided  pants are not necessary to [...]

my family and the art of distance

“How do people do it,” I asked H,  trying to reason out this sense of hollowness I  felt right around the heart/abdomen area when kay jetted off to NY last Monday. “How do they say goodbye to sisters, siblings, family so easily, so grown-uppily? I feel like I am making such a big deal about [...]

what’s in a name?

Nadi has recently developed a stronger sense of identity. From being a baby he is now Nadi or Naddu depending on how affectionate he is feeling towards himself. And of course, it is still much in the third person. Nadi play. Nadi eat. Nadi go. Its all about the Nadi…k loves playing this game with [...]

making time to turn two with a splash

The week before Nadi’s second birthday was insane, both socially and workwise. Farewell dinners for kay who is off shortly on the grand NY adventure, some birthday parties not to be missed, and lots of work deadlines to be met especially since the day after his birthday, we were going on our trip to Dubai [...]