stories from eid-III

“Mama dekho woh dekhooo!!” Nadi shouts in excitement pointing to the shimmering lights head. “Eid aa gayee!!“

stories from eid – II

After iftari we usually try to take a drive around our area, looking at the happy binky lights, showing them to Nadir, listening to music in the car, counteracting the lethargy that prevails post eating by stepping out.
I pointed out the newer lights adoring the mall to Nadi last night, commenting excitedly (as moms do [...]

stories from eid- I

Nadi has been excited by the “binky binky lights” that have gone up all around with Eid just around the corner.
Intially, he was super excited and asked “Mama shaadi hai?” since he loves wearing shalwar kurtas (even to sleep sometimes!) and going to weddings- all the music, dancing, colour obviously appeals to the culture/aesthetic gene [...]

creatures of habit

School mornings are lovely. I love waking up early- I love the routine of knowing you have a set number of things to do before you head out. By nature, I am not a creature of habit as such and I regularly demand that the universe throw in random elements of unpredictability my way, to [...]

daily tidbit 22.

me: nadi tumhein alphabet ata hai?? (when i hear him humming the alphabet and am quite surprised at this new development!)
nadi: haaa-aannnn (sing song way)
me: abba ko sunao gaye?
nadi: (thinks about it but obviously is not quite bein able to recall how to start): umm naeeen
mama: kyoun?
nadi: mama nadi khabab ho gaya hai.
me: aww why [...]