The Musing Mind

I (we) had been riding under and over chaotic situations for quite sometime now. Not uncommon! Everybody does. In  fact I had been racking my brain as to how to plan for so many events, responsibilities and commitments in life so that I (we) do not end up crashing into pecuniary problems or demeaning situations. I was checking through all kinds of opportunities for earning, saving and investing etc. I am not a wise shopper. Nor am I a big spendthrift. I may perhaps figure-out somewhere in between these two. Despite having a decent job and a reasonably decent pecuniary footing, I still feel insecure. Comes naturally to females, I guess! While engrossed in the interplay of such thoughts and regular office work during hot climes of April, my colleague brought me in the freshly arrived bunch of magazines for the month. As a regular practice I browsed through the magazines and chose Reader's Digest for a detailed reading. In that issue, an article by David Hochman particularly caught m...

Day one: It was Sunday night and we were feeling sort of bored after my aunt left for her home after a reasonably long stay. We are very much attached to their family. Naturally her departure created a kind of void soon after she boarded a bus to Ahmedabad, where she lives. We all went to see her off as the bus stop was next to our house and dragged ourselves back after bidding her adieu. As we reached back home, my husband suggested we watch the classic Telugu movie that he brought from his Vizag trip. I coaxed and encouraged my daughter also to watch the movie. She is in grade X and unfortunately due to the places we stayed owing to our jobs, we could not make her to learn reading/writing in her mother tongue, Telugu. She can communicate well though, but cannot understand traditional/old Telugu. As for me, I must have watched this movie a dozen times since my childhood. I quickly narrated the synopsis of the movie to my daughter and assured her of great enjoyment. Thankfully she agre...