Rain musings

Scene: Sanja latest obsession is to draw draw color color draw draw color color atleast 10-15 pages a day. So she is busy drawing and finds that her pencil is not sharp enough. Here is how she got hold of a sharpener Sanja: Appa , appa , thruvan thariya S : !!!! apadina - (means?) Sanja: Adhan pa pencil thuruvardhu S: (smacks on head) you mena sharpner. Sanja: yes appa. We say thuruvardhu for coconut grating. She applied the same word for the sharpening her pencil. And guess what the actual tamil word for pencil sharpener is  vericil  thuruki(வி ரி சி ல்  து ரு கி  .). Wow that was  a close match.

Sanja had been to a wedding yesterday with her maternal grandparents. She had a great time playing my father's friend 's grandkids.  She behaved like a very good girl and ate without much fuss. The curds were served in Matkas (small earthern cups). Sanja at once declared that she will take her cup back home for her mother. She made granny clean it up and took hold of it as priced possession. When everyone asked her why she is taking it with her , her reply  Amma paint panuva, papa amma ku kuduka poren. (Amma will paint it, Iam going to give it to her) . The background , she saw me painting the Diyas for Karthigai deepam this wednesday. She kept asking me Amma , painting pannare ya ma (Amma are you painting). and remembered to get that earthern pot fo me . Ahhh, gal, I learnt from you today, though the gifts can be small, they will be priceless when given with sooooo much of love.  Hugs to you Darling !! PS: Iam gushing with joy and pride that my daughter is so ver...

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi- everyone would have heard of her. Famous for her 'Dole Dole" song and as being wife of director Shekar Kapur. But now-a -days she is popular for her paintings, acting and guess what her books.  I got the time to read 2 books from the series called "Swapnalok Society". It revolves around the life of  small girl born in London but growing up in the most happening society of Mumbai. The first one - Summer of Cool It deals with life of the protagonist friend's life. How she goes in search of her father who abandoned them for money thinking all the time her mother was the reason for the breakup. The initial barriers the new girl in a society has to break to make new friends. It introduces us to the prominent characters in the society and background on girl's life. The second one - The Good news reporter The girl firmly believes in what her mother  had told her " If you hear good things you will also do good things".  She ...