 | Posted 14th October 2009 at 08:53 PM by Akila Mani
One day when my pet Labrador pup, Jerry, was a month of age, my mom left me in-charge of him for an evening when she went to the temple warning me against over feeding the pup “he is very young to drink more than a small tumbler full of milk. Remember to pick up the sachet milk and put it in the fridge. We already have a regular milkman, I don’t know why your dad has ordered the packet milk,” she said before leaving. “The poor boy has just started his business. Let’s patronize till the business...
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Now now... before you get me wrong, I am no authority on Love, at least I don’t think I am. So why am I writing something on love?? A response from Sridhar Sir (Varalotti in IL) set me thinking and here is what I feel. Dear Sridhar Sir, I seek your blessings and guidence for I know very little about the topic that I have chosen to write.
How do we love god?? Is it by doing prayers daily at home, by visiting the temple everyday and on all auspicious occasions, by...
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| | Posted 30th September 2009 at 08:49 PM by Akila Mani Updated 30th September 2009 at 08:52 PM by Akila Mani
The air was so warm even at 10 at night when I stepped out of the airport with my kids and mom. The children pulled at their denim jackets restlessly and I helped them out of it. As soon as my older daughter spotted my dad in the crowd, she ran into his arms shouting “Thatha!” A sight I will always cherish. I did not have grandfathers growing up, so I always love to see my dad spoiling my daughters rotten with so much love and affection. They love him and he adores them. As we rode...
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| | Posted 3rd September 2009 at 01:59 AM by Akila Mani
Never in my wildest dreams had I thought that I would be sitting in the front seat of an ambulance feeling so scared, but it happened. The red lights flashed so brightly as we zipped past the familiar neighbourhood to the hospital. As they wheeled my mom into the A&E Department, I was stopped to fill out some forms. I saw her worried eyes just before the door began to close and I gave her my most confident smile and called out “one minute maa, I will be right there.” My mom had...
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| | Posted 24th August 2009 at 11:37 PM by Akila Mani Updated 26th August 2009 at 01:46 AM by Akila Mani (spelling)
We were hosting a dinner party for my younger daughter’s second birthday that evening. I was tensed about cooking for thirty people. I had hosted dinners and lunches for about 15 people earlier, but this seemed a tad too much. Thank heavens I had my mom-in-law and mom to help me out this time. I sent my husband to the market early that morning with the list I had already prepared and while he was gone, I mentally worked on how I was going to go about the cooking, which recipe I should make first,...
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