Concoction of all that is beautiful in Our life

We celebrated our son Reyansh's first birthday on 31st October , a small family gathering ,cake cutting and a sumptuous dinner with his dear ones. My parents couldn't make it to Mumbai due to dad's ill health , but they had a celebration at my Kerala home with the same events where the birthday boy's Valiyamma(my sister) and Lakshmi chechi (my niece) cut the cake on behalf of him. The birthday boy is feisty,vibrant and energetic and throws special tantrums these days to grab everyone's attention. He babbles something in his own language, croons with us while we sing for him, dances with some upbeat English songs which he heard from his Taasha chechi (my niece). He is incredibly affectionate ,the grin he fixes on his face when he meets the maid or the watchmen makes us really proud. He is building a huge fan ship and we could discern that as we step out to the society compound where we are encircled by the elder kids who pleads to hold him. Its an enchanting exp...

I like to be a career woman and I think it’s a part of my identity. I have excelled very well from the beginning of my career. The praise, appreciations, rewards and quick promotions were all the visible impressions of that.  But off-lately I faced so many work related issues which seemed to affect my confidence and I found myself veered away from my goals. And when crisis rang the bell, I remained sulk.  But the spunk within me was never ready to let it go. I have decided to have confidence in myself. I have to make my own prudent decisions, and be articulate, sensible and stay with them. There are so many times a working mom feels guilty or is made to feel guilty (sometimes by your own dear ones) when she has to leave her child with someone else as she heads for work. Being financially independent is the greatest feeling of empowerment that a woman can feel, blaming her for choosing her career over her child is baseless. If she can juggle her work and home bet...

7:15 AM : There was this slow agonizing moan from my lo and he curls up towards me to quench his thirst.I love these tiny snuggles. 8:05 AM : Woke up,straight to the kitchen where Baby auntie was making chappatis for the day(Baby auntie just cooks Chappati for us, vegetables are cooked in our preferred kerala style) 8:10 AM : Chit chat with Baby auntie, and I had my glass of luke warm water. 8:30 AM: I started chopping the cabbage to make our side dish with chappati for breakfast. Onion,Cabbage,Carrot and green chilies(all finely chopped )sauteed in oil topped with lots of grated coconut(We malayalees favor a dab of coconut in almost all our dishes) 9:15 AM : Heard my LO whimper. He is up early today than his usual 10 AM timing as his PAPA took him off the bed to comfort him. 9:30 AM : MIL fed him his formula and he started walking in our living room carefully holding to the chair and sofas. I had a quick bath 9:40 AM : I am out of the bathroom and got into a scuffle w...

PINK is a real brave bollywood movie that brings out one of the most pressing issues of our country. The movie rebukes the Indian mindset of treating the boys and girls differently and  definitely brings a new and corrected perception to the modern Independent Indian girls . And it clearly imposes the fact when a girl says NO,it’s a clear NO. You cannot force yourself on her without her consent, no matter she is a virgin or not. It’s her right to decide on her desirability and sensuality. Advocate Deepak Sehgal played by Mr.Bachchan brings out and challenges some rules that the society entrust on an Independent Single girl.(As per our society,All these makes her a slut or a whore.) She shouldn’t laugh and cheerfully talk to a friend.  She shouldn’t party or  have drinks with her friends.  She shouldn’t bring boys to their homes even if  they are just friends.  She shouldn’t wear jeans,t-shirts or skirts.  She shouldn’t  come home...

I am a blogger now  and indeed what made me be one?? On a day ,I ruminate a lot most of which are irrelevant or peripheral .I have been contemplating (since a year or more )about scribbling down some of my creative thoughts(?? do I really muse anything creative ) so that someone could read it and opine about and enhance my creative writing skill . So after much procrastination I decided to start a blog  :) .And here are some of the reasons I believe is the intent behind the task(Almost all are purely selfish goals :P ) To be a better writer  :  I am an amateur writer. In fact as of now ,I suck at writing. And they say, Practice makes everything perfect. So this is my new playground, I would frolic with blogging here ,hoping it improve my writing proficiency. Learn more, Think creative, Speak confidently  :  A good blog would definitely require me to write on something interesting. We randomly read a lot, but we forget what it was over a few d...

Happy First birthday Kunju's PAPA We generally don't boast off much on our birthdays.This year it is different. This is my better half's first birthday as our Kunju's PAPA.On this day,Kunju and I wish you a very very happy and funfilled birthday. There are special plans & surprises for you . This is number 1 . And I am thanking God for blessing me with you and Kunju in my life :)... Life is beautiful :)

Whenever I type Hello World, It reminds me of the time I learnt my first programming language as it is the basic program that familiarize the student with the basic syntax and structure of the language. As I take my baby steps with the blogging adventure, I greet you all the same way :) .. Learning the life each day, hoping to share my musings and journals over here :)