Children grow up so quickly and then they want to spread their wings and fly. Many mothers might have felt this anguish I feel that one day, not too far away, my little one too would want to fly away.So stay close little one. There is no need to rush to fly.Till then through my small poem let me hold my child longer.


They say a mother bird knows better
It makes its little ones to fly away sooner

What does that bird know I thought
I do not want to...

It seemed so bleak to stand out there
You stood alone with no way out of here

I pass by you wrapped in layers of clothes
My eyes always saddened at your stance

I have come to know of your fate today
the council decides to cut you another day

You had died I hear them say
and that you can never see another day



I stood up...

The only thing Aunty Sheila and Uncle Ram could agree on was “Let’s call Shamu”. And so I was to pack my bags and head to the hotel they were staying in Washington D.C.
Since their home was being renovated or to be more specific their kitchen was being renovated, Uncle had planned to take a few days vacation and on a whim had booked the same hotel that the president elect had stayed.
This hotel was really expensive but Uncle wanted to give Aunt a special treat and moreover he managed...

Last week celebrating Karthigai I made traditional items such as Sweet appam, pori urandai, Adai and vadai and bonda, avial etc. Of all of these my usual standards for all these years are always appam and adai and avial.
Some of friends who visited me commented at my choice of combination. I served Adai with jaggery and butter and avial.
Everyone present had adai with mulagai podi. Most of my friends are from Thanjavur so I thought to myself they don’t know the right combo to...

My friend's daughter came to give me a demonstration for a set of knives. My friend had called and requested I see this demo by her daughter a college student.
By doing a demo she earns money even if the prospective customer does not buy anything. For my friend's sake I agree and so welcomed this young girl who came with a big bag.

In it were a big case of knives and then some literature about these...