On learning hindi

Breakfast table conversation during the summative assessment week.
RRJ: Amma what is the meaning of 'Paltoo'?
Amma: Domestic, why?
RRJ: No….. in the hindi exam we were supposed to make a sentence with it.
Amma: Hmmmm…..
RRJ: Even though I didn't know the meaning, I still managed to write a sentence with it……… Paltoo ki vilom junglee!

Such conversations shake Amma's belief that detachment from RRJ's studies is the way to go. Instead she is wondering if she should to convert into a junglee tiger mom before it is too late.

Way back into Blog

Happened to see 'Music and Lyrics' last week........ my devotion for Hugh Grant, embarrassingly, continues to be  unconditional.  I laughed/smiled/cried through the movie as the situation demanded, did I not say my devotion is unconditional? Can't seem to get this song of the movie out of my mind.

"There's gotta be something for my soul somewhere" is so true. Sometimes it is just a song that hits the right note or a flower whose colours strike you or a good game of tennis or a pen and a hug that you get from your child on your birthday that gets your soul go all wobbly.