growing spaces.

A while ago urbaniche tagged me on this post where I had to find that one accessory/piece of furniture or design element in our place that I could not live without. For a few days after I was tagged, I found myself randomly wandering my place, looking at things with a new eye, giving the question some [...]

nice things in a not so nice world.

Things are bad right now over here. An almost country wide school shutdown till next week. We are, as the newspapers and leaders are fond of saying, in a state of war. I could write about how I am feeling about the T’s who are bleeping bleeps for doing this to my country or I [...]

daily tidbit 23

Nadi what do you want for lunch?
Chips and sausages.
Okaaay. Challo kitchen mein- lets make them.
Mama, when Nadi big ho jaye ga, tau Nadi make chips and sausages mama ke liye, ok?

The King Size Bed and other Travel Stories.

Around about the time Nadi turned 13-15 months old, he started walking independently and all our hitherto pat on the back happy training of him sleeping in his cot went flying out the window as his cot suddenly grew too small for him. Logcially, of course,  the transient solution was to have him in our queen sized [...]

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 [...]

This girl is everything me.

On some days she is purple, the deep inky kind. And other days sunshine yellow- almost  bursting out in her optimism  to touch others. She is an absorbing book on a rainy day. She is laughter from the belly, the kind you cant hold back and she is that itch that just wont go away. [...]