A Journey of memorable smiles April 11, 2016 Sorry folks, but this is not a high quality shot, but the memories around it are truly treasured and precious. It was taken on an iPhone, like most of my pictures are. I was using an older version of iPhone, with a not very high-grade camera. My older daughter captured this moment from our surreal boat ride, on the majestic Vembanad lake, Komarakom, Kerela. The Vembanad lake looks more like a…
Eight Things I’m Grateful for in Jaunty July July was pretty much uneventful, most parts of it; so I am assuming. But possibly I’m being partly judgemental. Judging my jaunty July without really considering the details-not a good idea! If I look deep into the recesses of the month, there was actually some interesting action and a chunk load of things to be grateful for. The month began on an unfettered note and continued to flow like an unbridled river.
Twenty-four by seven: #WriteBravely #WRITETRIBEFESTIVALOFWORDSJUNE2018 She toiled twenty-four by seven at Donna’s kitchen. “No rest for the wicked”, she always said with a winsome smile. Donna’s Kitchen was her life line, her haven and her home away from home. She had no family to call her own, but the staff and Donna were family now. Amelia actually enjoyed labouring almost twenty-four hours at Donna’s kitchen. After all Donna had given her everything, when she had just about nothing. And…
{Y} is FOR You FILL UP MY SENSES It’s Saturday morning and Homi Mistry is wooing Freni with, “You fill up my senses“. Freni is giggling with gay abandon. They have been married for sixty-five years now. Mistrys are residents of the Dadar Parsi colony. April, every year, they wait with much anticipation for their grandchildren to troop in to their humble home. The children spend a few weeks of their summer vacations with the Mistrys. The children are arriving today….
{X} is for Xenia, The Flower Girl Xenia, the flower girl lives on a hillock, by the lush, bountiful Swiss countryside with her family; a hard-working husband, Zeus and two-year-old twins, Daisy and Daffodil. Her home is brimming with hospitality. Every weary traveller or passer-by is welcome, to stop by for a simple, warm meal, cooked with love by Xenia. Xenia is known as the flower girl of the village, as she runs a flower stall. In today’s modern language she is…
{W} is for We Are the World “In 1985, the music industry and the world came together in an unprecedented outpouring of generosity in response to the tragic famine wreaking havoc in Africa at the time. The biggest names in music ‘checked their egos at the door’ to create what was and still is a worldwide phenomenon. The recording of the original, We Are The World sold more than 7 million records worldwide. The worldwide sale of that record generated…
{T} is for Thankful for your tender love Ma, this one’s dedicated to you, and your tender love, that I will always be thankful for. You’ve been gone exactly two months, seventeen days. We are ready to wrap up April 2018. Time and tide like they say, wait for none. And as I wistfully look back on our years together, all I want to tell you is how thankful I am for your tender love.
{S} is for Signs “All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Zahir Do you watch for the signs strewn across your path? Every day the universe communicates to us in different languages, through different people or sources, like nature, a song on the radio, a line…
{P} is for Painted Not Tainted She has painted her face using deft strokes. The eyeliner, mascara, foundation, the garish red lipstick, the cherry blusher highlight those ordinary features. The transformation is unbelievable. The concealer hides the cigarette-butt marks on her face.
{L} is for Love Conquers All “Good morning Mamma. Love you. Wake up now, it’s eight-thirty already,” says little Sam, enveloping Zaira in a warm hug. Zaira tilts her face towards Sam, sleepily rubbing her eyes, while trying to plant a kiss on his chubby cheek. Her head is still throbbing and she has no urge whatsoever to get out of bed. She hasn’t slept all night again and it is only in the wee hours of morning that she…