Do you remember? Summer meant waking up to the strains of the amma song on Raj TV and gulping down kanji, before dOlA yAm began so that Sridhar sir didn’t make us run the extra laps around the court.Do you remember Kindu? It meant coming back from basketball coaching, and settling our butts on the blue [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Nostalgia’
April 29, 2009
Tha thi thom
This is one of my favorite songs ever! An amazing hair- raising Dharmavathi, and Chithra is god level in this song! Hearing Ranjini sing it in yesterday’s Airtel Super Singer (she has turned out to be a fantastic singer btw!) has set me onto listening to the original continously for three [...]
April 17, 2009
Idayathai Thirudadhe
After reading this post yesterday, I had the strongest of urges to watch the movie. And it brought in a flood of memories back. On googling, I realized the movie was released in 1989 and I am now shocked that I remember related events in such specific detail.
The movie when it released was a huge [...]
December 28, 2008
My margazhi
This is the time of the year, I crave Madras. The delightful weather, the music in the air, Kalyana Roopaya and ghee dripping pongal at Krishnar Kovil, the kutcheris and dance recitals, and ofcourse the joy that is Margazhi. Much as I try, the magic can’t be recreated with youtube concerts! I devour the Hindu [...]
October 27, 2008
Happy Diwali!
It hurts to be cheerful-nostalgic about Deepavali…So I won’t try..Have a good one folks!
October 1, 2008
Mandatory Golu post
Cmon! How can Dandilsa miss out on another opportunity to be nostalgic and maami types
Jokes apart, Navarathri is my favorite festival ever!!! My quarterly holidays were always timed to coincide with navarathri. The last exam would go by and we would rush home to be greeted by equally enthu amma and perimma! That [...]
August 18, 2008
Chennai 600086
Madras week celebrations are on in full swing at the home town. It is in times like this that I miss being there the most. To mark the occasion I am going to name the things I love about the city of my heart!
1. 600086- For home, school, Gangotree, Joy Shop,”sighting”, Eashwari library, playing hide [...]
August 15, 2008
Of painting walls and pots
Today is Varalakshmi Nombu..one of my favorite festivals. There is a week of preparation usually that goes with it and the frenzy with all family gathering at home and the anticipation of good times that come with the zillion festivals that follow.
A few days before the nombu, Parasuram, used to come in and paint white [...]
August 4, 2008
The Stomach’s Nostalgia – The “Kaila saadham”!
I seem to be in a very nostalgic mood these days. And am also trying to shed a few (more than a few..happy?) pounds. Which means food is on my mind constantly. Most often the kind of food I don’t have access to or don’t have the inclination to cook myself! Which ofcourse brings me [...]
February 28, 2008
The stomach’s nostalgia
I have a lot of passions. But food, friends and Madras are definitely up there in the list. Living away from home has made me realize how much these mean to me. I’m a complete foodie. I love to eat and experiment all kinds of food. I am also a glutton and so don’t have [...]
