She was an old maid who lived opposite my house. She also did our household chores like washing clothes and cleaning the house, vessels etc. Her day used to start at 4 a.m. My grandmother used to tell me she could hear her rolling her pots around and getting ready to take bath before which she used to sweep the front of her house and spray cowdung and water mixture by hand. Her small house bordered the road so she had enough light from the street. By 5 a.m. she would have opened her small shed by...

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This morning I had a call from a friend parent about a field trip my son's class is taking in April. Yes I knew the date of their trip but thats pretty much what I knew. Also that would suffice. or so I thought. Was I wrong !??!! She knew who were going to be the chaperones , who was NOT going , among other things. She lost me in "Who was not going"? Now how did she know ALL of this. Well to be truthfully honest I am always the last to know but even I thought I am keeping myself updated....

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Online !!!!!!! UGH !!!!!!!! thats exactly what my mother keeps saying almost everyday now. One of the routine activities of my dear father is to read the newspaper everyday. Or should I say read Hindu everyday. Once he retired he had his own schedule. Which was to get up at 4 a.m. and go out to buy milk and then come back and make coffee. With all the trafiic related accidents we heard his dear children prohibited him from going out so early in the morning. What to do!! somtimes grown up children...

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I have this big tin of roasted peanuts on my kitchen countertop. Since I buy it wholesale it costs me much lesser than even smaller quantity would cost. I did not start this about cost though. I wanted to share how much I use nuts in my cooking. YES. If anyone had thought I sat and ate all these nuts .. what are you nuts??!! I initially bought these nuts to use in my Tamarind Rice. I truly believe these are very essential to that particular rice dish. slowly it progressed to coconut rice and vangi...

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New Year is round the corner and its that time of year to say GoodBye to the going out year and welcome in the New Year. New Year's Eve is 31 december , the final day of the Gregorian year and the day before New Year's Day.The welcoming in of the New Year can be done by party, or parties, or dancing or by visiting a temple or taking part in bhajans. To each their own.
Among the more popular attractions in the U.S is the ball dropping on top of One Times square in New York City. This is broadcast...

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