When musing about what I wanted to do in life, my ideas seldom synced with my peers who were the doctor or engineer type. Given that we never discussed our career plans in school since there were a lot more important topics to cover like who broke up with whom, who got caught cheating, etc, [...]
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Ambition
Posted in Family, Humor, Memories on November 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The sound of music
Posted in Bollywood, Family, Humor, Memories, music on November 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »
“Let’s call them gulf sisters!” suggests akka (my grandma) one afternoon while sipping her coffee. The adults sit in the veranda enjoying the breeze.”When Bombay sisters, Hyderabad brothers exist, my grand daughters can be gulf sisters. Can’t they?”
“Hmph. Adakella these girls must practice a lot akka,” answered appa with an oh-my-daughter-wasted-her-talent nod.
“Listen to them [...]
Walking down the memory lane…
Posted in Family, Friends, Memories on October 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Once again the past year just flew by since diwali. Growing up in Oman, all my knowledge of diwali was restricted to my memorized hindi essay ‘mera priya tyauhaar’ (my favorite festival), like most other children who grew up in the gulf. I knew why we celebrated diwali, how we celebrated it, but it [...]
