Hypermom

Resolutions have to wait-there's a Dance

2012-02-02T00:03:00.002+05:30

My princesses were going to have their first Kathak performance.And I just had to dance around them. In these enlightened times of extra-curricular activities it was just one addition to the “everything from Samba and Ballet to Bollywood” performances. And with a 12-year experience in motherhood, I was well-prepared for just-another show. When it comes to getting it right for the kids, we moms

Post to myself

2012-01-28T16:27:00.001+05:30

This looks like just another New Year resolution. This year (maybe I need to specify 2012) I resolve(d) to write regularly. Also to be specified that since I never stopped posting in my head that I also intent(ed) and to add those posts on my blog. January is almost over. But in a desperate attempt at not giving up, I did reach this point of actually writing something non-work on the

Happy Friendship Day

2011-08-08T22:20:00.000+05:30

Friendship day!Now how can I find time on a Sunday for that? Specially since I had a migraine, could not locate my Driving License and I had to take care of the entire week’s school uniforms with our Iron-Man (the presswala) off to his village. Anyway these things are for kids aren’t they?And my friends always understand when I don’t pick up their calls or sometimes end a call abruptly. Work has

Looking for a Silver lining

2011-08-03T18:19:00.000+05:30

I have not retired from blogging.I have the same excuse as everytime. I was just waiting for things to come back to turn right.But things just kept turning left. Just the little mom thingsLike house-hunting with the stop-watch ticking away in countdown mode. Like the kids’ exams to get over-they did. But then we had to make up for all the missed-out Guitar and Art classes. And the maid just had

When you drop your camera in the sea

2011-05-26T00:19:00.000+05:30

Smitha’s post on cameras brought back another memory for me.Of a trip where our digital camera fell into the sea at Kanyakumari and refused to get switched on The next stop was Thiruvananthapuram. The Service Centres said they would take a week to let us know if it could be repaired. Still hoping that it could be, we picked up a Kodak Camera which used a 'Roll' of film to print pictures. I didn’

Lost in languages

2011-05-19T23:02:00.000+05:30

Why can’t these people speak in English? My friend fumed as a project discussion again lapsed into local lingo. Why don’t you learn the language, someone quipped back. But what language was that? When I had shifted from Delhi, I just knew that people in Karnataka spoke Kannada. Soon, I learnt, Bangalore was another world. First, you need to identify which of the 7-8 (leaving out the dialects)

What do I say?

2011-05-19T00:32:00.000+05:30

Loving someone means having never saying Thank you? Ok, Eric Segal said something slightly different, but having spent a lifetime on mushy romances, I do think that sometimes, it is such an inadequate think to say. But then what do you say to the one who drops everything to stay back and make Palak tortillas with the kids while you fly away? To the one who reads instructions off the carton,

Mom Alone

2011-05-17T22:44:00.000+05:30

Growing up is such a pain. Especially when you have to do it when you think you are old enough not to do it anymore. Leaving children at home and travelling for work is what Moms and Dads need to do all the time. And I had managed not to do all this time-it was a record. Was-past tense This one time-I am doing it. Not that I had run out of valid reasons, but this once I felt I could leave,

How to be a cool parent

2011-03-28T00:00:00.000+05:30

Papa, I am dropping the Mech Paper. I know I will flunk if I appear in it.First year at college, and I had just learnt that it was now possible to “drop” papers you think are too tough! The cool Dad replyBeta, why don’t you read up a bit, whatever you can, and give it a shot? You might just clear it and not have to read the WHOLE thing again. Just try a little…There was some logic in it..Oh Ok.

First love

2011-03-07T21:07:00.000+05:30

No it's not about my daughters' but my own... The heady, exhilaration..The soft, mushy feeling..A solace, a homecomingAn adventure, a discovery Someone who was always there for me,Setting my imagination free,Letting my dreams soar Bringing a smile on my face no matter how lousy the day was, My best friend, my strength, my happiness, My best memoriesIf that isn’t love, then what is?My Amar Chitra

The Birthdays again

2011-02-21T11:50:00.000+05:30

Another round of birthdays-days of hectic activity, running around, last minute crisis…and complete MADNESS at home..It’s this which keeps me away from my blog too, this time of the year! On one hand we are grateful that we only have to do it once in a year, on the other hand we feel completely drained out this time of the year-physically, mentally and financially! And yet we do it with more

Just a few words..

2011-02-03T23:57:00.000+05:30

Why have I stopped writing?'No Time to write' is obviously is the first excuse. But then like the school kid having to think beyond 'viral fever', I had to think of a new excuse when the same friends kept asking again. A writer’s block? Well that was a new one for me and it became the new favorite. It also sounded kind of "cool" to flinch one of the kids' terms. And just like it happens in the

Back

2010-12-12T18:12:00.000+05:30

A special thank you to the few special people who are still reading my blog. I had given up. On one front, I had a tag around my neck, announcing I was a part of the rat race again-bringing with it the usual office drama, driving through Bangalore traffic, and coming back to kids' homework and class tests. And on the other, it was the bindis and bangles, reminding me that it was "adjustment"

Sisterly love

2010-10-20T12:14:00.000+05:30

Yes it’s incomparable. If you have grown up with one, or a mom to a pair who are bickering incessantly, constantly, you know what I mean. Like most Moms, I too have developed selective hearing and manage to tune out most of the She did it first… She always… ..and react only when it reaches the level of.. It’s bleeding, look she scratched me! That’s enough. If you don’t stop behaving like cats and

This time of the year…

2010-10-08T15:04:00.000+05:30

..when the drumbeats announce the arrival of Goddess Durga and the Bong in me gets homesick-again. Yeah I miss the fun and those friends. And since some moments do not come back we go forward and create new memories. This is a glimpse of the Dusshera procession from the southern-most tip of India-Kanyakumari. So different, and yet the enthusiasm is the same. Isn’t it?Wishing you

Best Friends Forever

2010-10-07T13:21:00.001+05:30

Mamma, can you guess who is my BFF? Ishita? Well she was the one you loved to play with most as she has the most awesome collection of Barbie accessories. NO. She is not my friend anymore. Last time she bought chips from the canteen she did not share all of them. Cheater. Saumyaa is my best friend now. She shares everything. I also like playing with her little brother and we always have so much

Letting them be

2010-09-27T19:31:00.000+05:30

....what they want to be. That’s what we should be doing. Teaching them to fly and then letting them free to go explore, build their own nests, and fight their own battles.But as my chicks are trying out their new wings I am not sure how well I’ll be able to do that. My 10-year-old says that she shouldn’t be spending too much time on her studies because anyway she is going to be a fashion

Moms have all the fun

2010-09-23T12:28:00.000+05:30

There are two sides to every story. As I kept thinking I had the toughest job in the world, this was my daughter’s statement.And as usual she had a long list of reasons… You keep getting my hair cut short and grow yours because you wanted to be the prettiest in the house. We have to wear the same uniform everyday and you can wear all pretty clothes to office. You can use nail polish and even

Running out of Mommy skills

2010-09-13T23:51:00.000+05:30

This is a question to all moms or rather all parents: Do you get mad at your kids? Really angry, annoyed, pissed off enough to say Ok-Do it your way! Or am I one of the few who cannot keep the ‘Mom hat’ on at all times and say no matter what you do or say child (or how obnoxiously you say it), I forgive you because I cannot remain angry with you? As my daughters live up to their pre-teen (is

Words that live on

2010-08-26T10:54:00.000+05:30

Remember the days we prepared for exams and dreamt of the holidays to follow? I always had a long list of things to do in the vacations-that I would keep updating as I would make notes for the exam next day. And then the vacations would be over before I got to point no. 2 or 3 on the list.The same things happened to my blog. The last few months I kept pushing off things because I would be free in

Travel Diary

2010-08-08T04:53:00.001+05:30

I have been planning to update my travel stories put kept wondering if I should start a fresh blog-one only for travel stories? Would have been good but then I have this awful track record...when I cannot keep up with one, how will I manage two? But then, my track record with logic is even worse. And so I decided to go ahead and start my travel blog.I know managing two blogs will be tougher. But

A Stay-at-Home-Mom

2010-07-29T12:15:00.001+05:30