Amazing is the power of the internet

Just today I found 2 of my friends from good (or not so) old Ramaiah days. It brought tears to my eyes to see K's picture on the web. We knew each other when we were just young, exuberant girls chugging down bajjis at Nallakunta. But now we're twice as old and I've been out of touch with her for such a long time.... I can't wait to talk to her. I hope she responds to my email.

Happy Diwali

I've been following sister BK Shivani's pravachan for sometime now. A friend of mine had recommended them to me when I was struggling with some situations. I can connect to many of the topics she speaks about. One such topic that keeps recurring is this - ' Accept others as they are ' Obviously this is easier said than done, and not something that can happen overnight. But on sincerely practicing, it truly can bring one peace because you do away with expectations and hence disappointments - which are the key to discontentment in life. So, this Diwali let's give everyone on our list this one gift - I ACCEPT YOU AS YOU ARE.

My take on 'Taare zameeen par'

I finally watched the movie yesterday and was quite moved by it. It's very encouraging that not only more and more socially responsible movies are being made in India, but also that the audience is welcoming them. The boy's performance was superb, can't say the same about Aamir . To me the let down in the movie was that the situation was played down quite a bit, in a way too filmy. Also, at the end, the parents only seemed to care that the kid was finally 'normal', without understanding the kid's nature, his agony or even how the kid got those 'progress' reports. That was a bit too commercial for me. But that's just my opinion. Hope these kinds of movies have some positive impact on the society.

Reminiscing

Reading a post about toddlers' home-brewed language prompted me to do a post on blueM&M's vocabulary during his second year of life: "ma" = spoon or pen "na-na" = nighty-night, sleepy "thakathak" = computer Maybe it's because the keyboard makes that kind of a noise. "ayyayyo" = broken "aa khachak" = piercing with a fork "Goggulgo Goggulgo Goggulgo ..." = I want that The frequency of the word indicated how desperately he wanted the thing. To this day we haven't been able to figure out how he made up that word. It certainly has nothing to do with any language that I know of. . . . Unfortunately (or not) pinkM&M's language had developed very fast, so we don't have many funny memories, except for the one where she'd say 'M pussing me' for 'M pushing me'. But I could definitely do a post on her expressions.

The Elven turf to land my thoughts.

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