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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: How old is 'old'...
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Tuesday, May 01, 2012. How old is 'old'. When we are middle aged we have a different perspective on the memorable incidents of our past. Recently my daughters and I were recollecting the day's events on the day Prime Minister Indra Gandhi was shot dead by her bodyguard early in the morning at her residence. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Tips on Indian Cooking, some recipes from our family. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. How old is old.
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: 04 October 2009
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Monday, October 05, 2009. Did I know Hindi? My parents, little sister, uncle and aunt came to settle me in my new home. The shopping seemed very easy to me as my Mom and Aunt managed to buy things after pointing at the things they needed for cooking during the week they stayed with us. Even my little sister managed to get curry leaves from the corner vegetable vendor by herself! Sir not at home now. Come later. After 6 pm). It turned ou...
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: 31 January 2010
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Tuesday, February 02, 2010. Which vegetable is this? I was a newly married girl just settled in my marital home in Pune with my husband .(Actually still a teenager, as my parents arranged a marriage with a 'suitable boy' when I was still in college! I could not ask the shopkeeper for 'poosanikkai' in Marathi or Hindi as I didn't know the equivalent name in those languages. Confusion! But I acquitted myself well enough in my very first d...
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: 09 May 2010
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Thursday, May 13, 2010. When my relative turned forty her husband presented her with a gold chain. When he heard about it my husband quipped, ' naarpathu vayasile naai gunam'*so a chain is a very appropriate gift! It is an idiom in Tamil meaning, At forty man's character resembles that of a dog, with barks and bites an everyday occurence. Links to this post. Monday, May 10, 2010. Links to this post. Sports Day at Antsville! My daughters...
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: 28 December 2008
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Thursday, January 01, 2009. The season would be pleasant with just a nip in the air (as it is now) and the trees would look like they had been washed and waxed, as winter follows the rains in our state. 'December' flowers. By then. On very rare occasions, we would have stayed back to celebrate Pongal. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Tips on Indian Cooking, some recipes from our family. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: 28 September 2008
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Sunday, September 28, 2008. When we were studying in school, the educational qualification required before you could enroll for a professional degree or a degree in science and arts was 11 1 years of studies, instead of the 10 2 system high school students these days are familiar. Then we had only 'B.A'.s and 'B.Sc' s. A very strict dress code was enforced and students had to wear only sarees. The 'P.U.C' ( Pre. Anyway wearing colours o...
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: Superstar in Our Home!
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Superstar in Our Home! Our old washing machine was making a lot of noise while doing its job. We called in a serviceman who recommended changing the whole set of mechanical parts to stop the noise. The repair work was done and the machine was operating smoothly with hardly a murmur when my husband came in and noticed the absence of the usual loud banging noises. He commented tongue in cheek:.
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: 29 April 2012
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Tuesday, May 01, 2012. How old is 'old'. When we are middle aged we have a different perspective on the memorable incidents of our past. Recently my daughters and I were recollecting the day's events on the day Prime Minister Indra Gandhi was shot dead by her bodyguard early in the morning at her residence. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Tips on Indian Cooking, some recipes from our family. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: 25 January 2009
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Tuesday, January 27, 2009. The other day I heard my sister telling us that they are giving three thousand rupees as pocket money to her college going son. When my mouth fell open, she explained that it included his fuel bills and mobile phone bills. When we shifted to buses in the next town, I used the money to buy 5 'pottukadalai urundai' (Sweet fried gram balls) for 25 paise and 'treat' my friends to one sweet ball each!
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal: Sports Day at Antsville!
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A Trip Down Memory Lane-Malarum Ninaivugal. A Trip Down Memory Lane. Monday, May 10, 2010. Sports Day at Antsville! One day I was drawing the anti-ant chalk pesticide along the sides of the wall in the living room and said to my husband,. I keep drawing these lines (Lakshman Rekha brand pesticide chalk stick) but the ants keep crossing them! My husband said,. Maybe they think you are holding a hurdles race and drawn the lines for them to jump across! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).