One of Vedu’s classmates addresses Vedu as her best friend. For Vedu’s birthday, she makes cards, always treats her with extra love, and her family knows Vedu as her best friend. I’ve seen Vedu make cards for her birthday and… Continue Reading →
From the time I can remember, I have heard the saying “Love unconditionally.” Well, to say you should be conditional in love would be an overstatement and maybe a controlling approach to loving someone if overdone. But whether it is… Continue Reading →
I lost someone extremely dear to me recently—my Appachi, my eldest aunt who was practically the only grandmother I really had. Her and Vallyachan, my uncle, my grandfather for all intents and purposes, were two of the very few constants… Continue Reading →
After reading a preschoolers’ body safety book, Taaru asked me, “Amme, who was your safe adult when you were a kid?” I stopped what I was doing, said “No one,” and went back to what I was doing. She must… Continue Reading →
If I had a dollar for all the times I heard “Be the bigger person” or “Hold your peace,” I would most definitely be a millionaire by now. That is not an overstatement. I have had this said to me… Continue Reading →
A few years back, one day I was feeling quite uneasy and frustrated without a reason and wanted to get out for some fresh air. I told Hari that I was going to take a walk inside our apartment premises,… Continue Reading →
Many years ago, when I left my job with a major software company where I was working as a Corporate Business Skills Trainer, it was for purely personal reasons. Hari was flying to the US for a deputation and honestly,… Continue Reading →
“Soundaryam Sarikku vinayayi,” – “Sari’s beauty became her curse.” This headline, along with the picture of a girl, hardly 17 years old, in one of the major Malayalam newspapers is still fresh in my memory. Equally fresh is the loud… Continue Reading →
There has been news of so many dowry-related deaths in the last few years that yet another case on yet another day shouldn’t shock me anymore, but it does. Almost all of the deaths owing to dowry harassment have been… Continue Reading →
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