Take a break

For many, creating a blog may be inspired by their children. But for me, to tell you the truth, it was getting away from them, into a time zone that is totally mine. The most important prerequisite and also a hitch for a parent is to find a niche for herself as a person where she can be herself. Uninterrupted, by the countless questions of her little toddler, undisturbed by the loud bawling of her little baby, every mother must take a time out ,for herself, to recharge her batteries. This makes her plunge again into the duties of a mother with greater gusto and enthusiasm.

My encounter with a cockroach

It was this morning while I was in the bath that our gaze met, though we can't see eye to eye, and we both froze - in fear. It was the six legged brown apparition that suddenly appears on most indian household walls at odd hours - the cockroach. I inched towards the corner of the wall and tried to shoe it away with the waive of my hand but to no avail. Perhaps, it took my waive to be a friendly hi ! I looked around for a weapon to protect myself- shampoo bottles, feet scraper, shower gels but then realised that the creature had wings and if I threw something at it, it could just take off and come too close for comfort. So, I skipped the idea. Instead, I stretched to the further end of the counter to retrieve a tissue paper. I squashed the creature with a tissue (ha!) without an iota of remorse.But it deftly slipped away and I was left squashing thin air and feeling like a fool. I don't know how they can preordain our gestures but I am convinced that these creatures are sharper than me. As if, sensing my feelings, it disappeared on its own volition into maybe, one of the crevices on the bathroom walls and I heaved a sigh of relief.

Hello : I'm back

Hi everyone ! This was a big break. I had gone to Kolkata for my summer vacations and couldn't really access the net there. Kolkata was hot and humid interspersed with a few showers not to forget a cyclone, which brought life to a stand still. So, we stayed indoors and played cards and other games. But what is most amazing there is the food- rossogollas,shondesh,mishti doi,aloo dum, moshla mudi, aah....khoob bhalo. I was really on an eating binge, what with sampling mom's great fares and trying out cuisines of all the newly opened restaurants. However, now its back to Pune and routine, of which blogging is a part that I look forward to.

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