In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 138
When an old maid visits you after 6 years just like that. We never realize the goodwill that we have created over the years, till you meet people after sometime. I have always treated housemaids as house members, since they play a very important role in keeping our environment clean. So I was really touched […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 136
A very dignified and extra helpful yellow and black taxi driver In theses days of courteous Ola and Uber taxi drivers, it is very rare to get a service oriented driver of the traditional black and yellow taxi. He went out of his way to load my extra heavy luggage into his taxi and was […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 134
Watching the intense Gujrathi movie Chitkar along with the film star Sujata Mehta. I had heard of filmstar Sujata Mehta from the famous 1987 hit movie Pratighat and the TV serial Khandhan, and it was a pleasure to get to know her personally over the last 8 years. I had also heard of her famous […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 132
The pleasure of having a walk-guest for dinner. In these times, when people rarely visit each other in their homes, it is such a pleasure to interact with grand old ladies, who just come over because they feel like talking to you! In fact I was just questioned on why I made extra food, and […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 129
Starting the day with emotion filled aarathi chants, instead of a recorded aarathi voice. One of the most melodious sounds I hear in the morning is when the local Sai temple starts the morning Aarathi chants. The soulful melody of an old man’s crackling voice, just adds more charm to the morning prayer. It has […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 127
Revisiting a hospital room after 2 decades. It was a moment of nostalgia to revisit a hospital room where I stayed for weeks when my mother in law was admitted in 1998. The whole wing was at present non-operational, and only echoed the memories of me talking to the nun in the other room, or […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 113
Enjoying the mangoes of a tree planted 72 ago by my father himself. We have always been encouraged to keep planting more trees on this planet though we may not be really present to understand their beneficial results. My 84 year old father is lucky to see the fruits of his labour be manifested into […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 111
Having the guts to give critical feedback to a film director in front of his team. It was a unique experience to watch four movies back to back in a theatre in one day, that too of different languages at a recent film festival. And the best part was the interaction with the film maker […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 110
A burst of colours amidst the giant canvas of patterned mountain landscapes The best artist in the world is Mother Nature herself. We saw this at our recent visit to a remote side of the Himalayas. It was almost the end of winter and not yet the beginning of spring, and the white mountain snow […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 109
Driving precariously to avoid the edge of an icy precipice One of the highlights of our trip to the untouched Spiti valley, which opened up to the mainstream public with minimal roads just 30 years ago, was our road trip through the rugged terrain. As our two vehicles manouevered their way through narrow, uneven, pebble […]