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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. A little heart called ‘Home’. October 31, 2016. October 31, 2016. Yesterday, started out as a really ordinary day. After waking up and eating the dosai amma had made, I found myself curled up on one end of the sofa. Appa was next to me to lean against, Amma was in the chair next to us, and we were busy making plans for when Akka came to town. I don’t remember the last time this happened. Yesterday was a rather ordinary Sunday. Chithi’s sambar, rasam and special...
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January | 2016 | forevermadras
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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. Countdown to Sunshine Day. January 30, 2016. I remember the exact first time I met her. It was at an interview in Bangalore, and we had to figure how we would market Blackberry Vodka, using Virat Kohli. Right from her cheery “Hi Sumi paapa! 8221;, to teaching me songs to sing in Hindi, to listening to me narrate 1-25 in Hindi, to drawing me into any universe at any point in time, this beautiful woman has carved out an incredibly special place in my heart. They say th...
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January | 2017 | forevermadras
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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. No, you may not. January 3, 2017. January 3, 2017. I was at work today when a colleague brought up the Bangalore molestation issue. Did you see that? I was reading some pieces about it, I read about how women went running towards cops because nobody else could help. I read about how the Bangalore Mirror got pictures of the whole thing. I read about how ‘nobody filed a complaint’. I read about how ‘Bangalore is becoming like Delhi’. Okay nothing worse happened’. Aged ...
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No, you may not. | forevermadras
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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. No, you may not. January 3, 2017. January 3, 2017. I was at work today when a colleague brought up the Bangalore molestation issue. Did you see that? I was reading some pieces about it, I read about how women went running towards cops because nobody else could help. I read about how the Bangalore Mirror got pictures of the whole thing. I read about how ‘nobody filed a complaint’. I read about how ‘Bangalore is becoming like Delhi’. Okay nothing worse happened’. Aged ...
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One 2016 to go, please. | forevermadras
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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. One 2016 to go, please. December 28, 2016. December 28, 2016. I remember the movies, when I grew up. They’d saunter in to a coffee shop where someone at the counter would know their name. And their order. ‘The usual’. They’d slip in to their ‘usual’ seat by the window and watch as life went by. And I’d always wonder, as a 13 year old, if I’d ever do such things. Fast forward, December 2016. 2 years down, I’m still here. And I’m still reflecting. 2016 has been a rathe...
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December | 2016 | forevermadras
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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. One 2016 to go, please. December 28, 2016. December 28, 2016. I remember the movies, when I grew up. They’d saunter in to a coffee shop where someone at the counter would know their name. And their order. ‘The usual’. They’d slip in to their ‘usual’ seat by the window and watch as life went by. And I’d always wonder, as a 13 year old, if I’d ever do such things. Fast forward, December 2016. 2 years down, I’m still here. And I’m still reflecting. 2016 has been a rathe...
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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. For the love of love. March 6, 2017. I think this was around 5 years back. She quite nonchalantly mentioned him in a conversation and subsequently dragged me into her room when she was skyping and pointed at the screen and said ‘Say hi to Max. Max, this is my little cousin sister’. Ago, I made my way to Bombay for my first long weekend, she welcomed me home with the giant-est hug, and I haven’t left since. And that was that. And that I did. Multiple times. Dachu and ...
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If you’re 25, then you should be married. | forevermadras
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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. If you’re 25, then you should be married. December 20, 2016. It’s been a long time coming, this. But at some point it’s important to stop worrying about the people you might hate, but actually raising an alarm to something that’s troubled you, and doing so with the hopes that it someday doesn’t trouble someone else. That being said, it didn’t stop the rest of the world. 24 and a 1/2 came along, and the pressure intensified. So here’s the funny thing. What happens mor...
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February | 2016 | forevermadras
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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. February 23, 2016. It’s a rather busy day at work, and I’m taking a minute to scroll down my Facebook timeline when I come across a message from a lady to my grandmother saying ‘Sarassa howismymessage’. It takes me a minute to figure that it is my 74 year old grandmother’s 88 year old sister who has just said hello. When with her older sister, they squabble as if 12 again. The older one grumbles “enna di Sarassa” to the younger one. She in turn sa...Especially if it&...
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/ɪndɪˈpɛnd(ə)nt/ | forevermadras
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Experiences. Stories. Memories. Life. December 15, 2016. December 15, 2016. I write of that word they float around so loosely sometimes. Growing up in Madras, I often heard this word. It was most often used as a reason as to why people didn’t agree to get married. Or why some didn’t work. She’s too independent. Doesn’t want to live with his family’. She asked if he could cook. Girls have become that independent these days’. Fast forward to today. And the next time someone says. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.