Mukhamani

Tag: Slice of Life

  • Day to Day Life (#SOL 2024)

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    14-05-2024 The weather is very hot. Different places in our state are getting rain. On the 12th night there was thunder and lightning and very less rain. But enough for the leaves to look green and fresh. For the past many days, we had been going to the hospital for a checkup in different departments.…

  • Day to Day life (#SOL_2024)

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    07-05-24   In the 1940s our town, Manipal was a barren hill. I remember my maternal grandfather saying he been in these places in those times and remembered there being nothing on the hills. There are many rivers in our place and there were no bridges. People had to cross them on boats. To reach Udupi,…

  • Day to Day life (#SOL-2024)

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    30-04-24 Yesterday we went to the hospital for our routine check-up. The hospital is well known because it has almost every speciality under one roof. Many years ago, people from Kerala came here. There were sign boards in Malayalam. There were direct buses from the railway station in Mangalore, 60 kms away. But in the…

  • Day to day Life (#SOL-2024)

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    23-04-2024 The days are very hot and humid. We got some relief very early in the morning on the 20th. It rained heavily for an hour. It had been cloudy on the 19th. We were hoping it would rain and were disappointed when it did not. The plants are were looking happy too 😊. Yesterday…

  • Day-to-day Life (#SOL-2024)  

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    16-04-24 On the 8th was my father-in-law’s death anniversary. We performed certain rituals. My brother-in-law came that morning. These rituals were performed under the directions of our family friend. We have to prepare certain dishes. My husband cut the vegetables, Aravind grated the coconuts and I cooked whatever was to be prepared. Two days later…

  • Day-to-day Life (#SOL-2024)

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    9-04-24 On the 5th evening we decided to go to Venugopala temple park for our evening walk. Aravind’s department is hosting an international conference on 10th and 11th this month. He and his colleagues are very busy and he returns home late in the evening. We first went to the petrol bunk. I just read…

  • Day-to-day Life (#SOL-2024)

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    20-2-24 We attended two weddings in the last three days, on the 18th and on the 19th ! It has been quite a while since we have attended such functions. Both were in our place. My mother did not come, I prepared lunch for her. We went in time to wish the bride and bridegroom,…

  • Day-to-day Life (#SOL-2024)

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    13-02-34 The internet is a blessing in so many ways. About ten years ago I came into contact with my school best friend. We parted in 1979. For a year or so we exchanged letters but slowly drifted apart. About ten years ago we renewed our friendship through Facebook. We have not yet met in…

  • Day-to-day Life( #SOL-2024)

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    6-02-24 It is quite an experience having our house painted. Though we are not doing any work, it seems quite tiring. The main, painter Krishna painted our house when we got it built in 2004. Using his water jet, he cleaned the roofs and walls. Three of his assistants were painting. One more week of…

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    30-01-24   We are getting the exterior of our house painted. They were last painted in 2010 prior to Gayatri’s wedding. Krishna and his three assistants are working since morning. There is a lot of painting to be done, at least two week’s work. Krishna has been cleaning the walls with a water jet. One is…