Monthly Archives: August 2011

27 on 27

There is something about birthdays that always makes me incredibly philosophical. Maybe it is the symbolic ending of a year and the urge to balance the ledger at the end of it. Or as I grow older I realise,  maybe it … Continue reading

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Certified C-pai

Having a Cinema Paithiyam dad (though he will deny it and continue labelling everyone else as one), I can’t help my C Pai-ness. It is a part of my genetic code But I think I took it to the exteme recently … Continue reading

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Sounds like home

The  chimes of the ice cream van wafted in through my window along with the cries of elation, pleading and squealing of the children in the pool. I smiled at the thought that this would be their lasting memory of summer. Languorous days spent … Continue reading

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August beginings

My favorite month in the whole year is here! If I were back home,and for that matter back in school, it would mean tons of holidays, lots of festivals, vennai, pal khova and cheedai, yummy nombu lunch with poricha appalam, Independance day laddoo … Continue reading

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