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The joy of growing old!

Posted 5th October 2008 at 10:16 PM by Chitvish
Friends, I hope you are not already grumbling that I refuse to accept the case of sour grapes! In fact, far from it.

First, I love this stage because, week-ends and week-days are the same to us. We no more anxiously wait for Friday evening, looking forward to unwinding completely from a set routine, for two full days. Even if I sleep for half an hour extra in the morning, it does not matter at all. No need to cook in a hurry and pack a lunch box for the office-going spouse. I have all
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Sir post…!

Posted 25th August 2008 at 02:18 AM by Chitvish
Friends, those of you, who are younger than thirty, may not enjoy this blog – I warn you! That is because postman is "past- man", for the younger generation.
In my younger days, the post-man was the most eagerly awaited person between 10AM to 12 noon, except on Sundays.
My grandfather used to wait for his pension cheque, in the first week.
Amma will eagerly wait for her parents' letters or one from her siblings.
Appa will wait for the cheque bringing the monthly...
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Bajaar bajaar, Pondy Bajaar !

Posted 15th June 2008 at 09:51 PM by Chitvish
Friends, for a South-Chennaite, nothing like Pondy Bazaar for shopping – can I use the word “bindaas shopping” (it is very often aimless shopping, but fashionably called window shopping) with your permission??!!

It is just this lovely place in Chennai, which, if you decide to visit once, you cannot resist going for the second time. The pavement shops offer you a wide range – unbelievable, but true. We will walk through the platform shops first.

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Then and Now !

Posted 4th May 2008 at 08:17 PM by Chitvish
Updated 4th May 2008 at 08:40 PM by Chitvish
I was just thinking of
how we were expected to behave when we got married
and
how the new MILs & DILs of today are talking !

Then DIL to MIL:
Amma, what do you want me to cook today for lunch? I will do whatever you want me to cook.
Now MIL to DIL:
Lakshmi, I want to make one of your favourite dishes for lunch – tell me, what do you feel like eating?

Then DIL to MIL:
This year your daughter Priya and family will visit us...
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Modern Kitchen Gadgets - Bane or Boon??!!

Posted 30th March 2008 at 08:27 PM by Chitvish
Updated 30th March 2008 at 08:42 PM by Chitvish
I am trying to recollect if I got up from the wrong side of my bed, yesterday morning !
When I went to the kitchen to switch on the Coffee Maker, the light did not burn. I knew there was some short circuit problem, but the time being too short to request V to look into it ( not that, he is an electrician, but just with a hope that he might prove to be a handyman? !), I took out my old brass coffee-filter, given to me when I got married.
I emptied the milk sachets into the microwave mug
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Are you a superwoman? - Happy Women's Day, Friends!

Posted 2nd March 2008 at 07:26 PM by Chitvish
This is a question, which we tend to ask ourselves, when expectations about us soar high in the circle of our family and friends! This term was unheard of by me, in my younger days! I wonder if superwomen were non-existent then or it is a newly coined term to denote a woman who is a career woman as well as a home maker. A friend says, after Superman made his entry 50 yrs back, Superwoman followed him! That sounds very reasonable!!

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Home Sweet Home !

Posted 3rd February 2008 at 07:16 PM by Chitvish
Updated 20th February 2008 at 12:33 AM by Chitvish
Dear Friends, please do not get worked up that it is yet another boring repetition, how our home is sweet to us and only to us !
I am just sharing some thoughts on different lines !!
This is about, how we take some liberties, very often not coming under “decorum”, only in our homes.

Quite a few, when brushing their teeth, parade around the house with dangerously overflowing toothpaste in their mouths and not stopping with that, go to the balcony and peep into others’ houses,...
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A killjoy !

Posted 20th January 2008 at 07:22 PM by Chitvish
Updated 20th February 2008 at 12:36 AM by Chitvish
A spoilsport is “fondly” referred to as “killjoy”, very often!
Again, I talk about spoilsport & definitely not a cynic. The latter seem to be averse to fun and prevent others also from having fun! Very often they behave as if their intention is to spoil the pleasures of others! Their avowed objective is "not to enjoy" and inflict the same on those around them! I sometimes wonder if they do it more to show themselves as "exclusive", rather than "run of the mill"...
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Mylapore of Yore!

Posted 6th January 2008 at 07:34 PM by Chitvish
Updated 20th February 2008 at 12:38 AM by Chitvish
I become nostalgic when I remember the good old Mylapore, where I entered as a young newly married bride, decades ago, – now, the same place has changed into a blend of tradition and modern!

Life, for Mylaporeans, was centred around this temple years back and still this temple stands tall, a witness to the passage of time. The small shops that lined the two sides of the famous Sannadhi Street, selling bommais, ceramic dolls, flowers and sarees , old jewellers then called Thattaans,...
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How I wish I were a go getter !

Posted 16th December 2007 at 07:13 PM by Chitvish
Updated 20th February 2008 at 12:40 AM by Chitvish
I have a friend, who, I always think, is a perfect example of the term "go getter". She is so enterprising and rightly acts and gets things done, without beating around the bush.
No doubt, her work gets rapidly done whether all others will be thinking twice or thrice, whether and if so, how to move ahead !

Let me tell you, she is not well-educated academically at all; but the confidence oozing out of her will put us (the formally educated) to shame. She will "wriggle"...
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