Everyday Moments(#SOL-2022)

16-05-2022 Last week was a rainy week. And today evening it just poured for more than an hour, with thunder and lightning. We do not know whether they are pre-monsoon rains or rains due to a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. I always wonder how cyclones in the east coast bring rain in the…

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

3-05-2022 It is mango season and this year our tree gave us a lot of mangoes 😊. Our grandchildren enjoyed them. This tree was planted decades ago by the previous owners of the land. This fruit is called Bennet Alphonso.  Hybrid mangoes are tasty but the taste of wild mangoes or forest mangoes are of…

Day 31 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

Yesterday evening something very nice happened. Our house faces west and we see the setting sun through the trees. I saw sunlight streaming in. Our puja room opens to the west and there is a photo of Lord Ganapati on the wall. For a moment, sunrays fell on the photo. This does not happen often.…

Day 30 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

I usually prepare something simple for Sunday breakfast. Last Saturday I decided to make rice balls. My mother used to make this. We get coarse rice powder in the shops, but I prefer to make it at home. We have to soak rice for half an hour and drain the water. After it dries, I…

Day 29 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

On the 23rd evening we were on the road to Endpoint. Many students were walking and running towards the football ground. It felt good to see them. For two years the whole place wore a deserted look. It was terrible. I was smiling in amusement as I heard them talking about their classes and teachers…

Day 28 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

We have a mango tree at one end of our back yard. Behind our plot construction for a large hotel  is going on. We have got used to loud noises like drill at all times of the day and night. There is no point in grumbling about them. They have to complete the building by…

Day 27 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

My father worked in the Indian Railways and he was posted mainly in North India. Every summer vacation we came to our maternal grandparents’ home in a small town in South India. Two whole months of freedom from school😊. My youngest uncle and his wife live there now. Most houses in our place have wells…

Day 26 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

I have started doing Sudoku again after a long time. Some days I can complete all the squares and other days I am able to fill only a few. My father taught me how to do it. He enjoyed Sudoku and complicated crosswords. He read aloud stories from our epics to his grandchildren. He read…

Day 25 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

On the 22nd evening my mother and I were walking in the front yard. Sometimes instead of going for our evening walk elsewhere, we walk inside our compound. My mother walked from one end to the other for half an hour. I was walking the eight-walk; usually I walk till I feel tired. I came…

Day 24 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

This week the days have been cloudy. This maybe due to the cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. We live on the west coast of south India. Bay of Bengal is to the east of the country.  Irrespective of where the cyclonic conditions develop, the weather is influenced on both coasts. On the 21st evening…