Posted by: inbavalli on: December 30, 2008
In the car…
TM: “Who was that on the phone?”
Me: *Eyes shining and hands shaking with excitement* “That was BOO!”
TM: “Whaaat?”
Paiyyan: “Boo Aunty, pa. She writes a blog. Amma reads it at least thrice a day.”
[Point 1: I spoke to THE BOO over the phone. Yay! Yay! Yay! She’s warm and friendly. Just like her blog.]
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In [...]
Posted by: inbavalli on: December 23, 2008
For my 50th post, I planned to write on anonymous blogging. On how it is at once exciting and exacting. Exciting because you can say anything and nobody sues you because nobody is bothered anyway. Exacting because by nature I’m very open and it doesn’t feel good to hide behind anonymity. Also, I’m getting slightly [...]
Posted by: inbavalli on: December 16, 2008
Why is this billionaire getting away with such an insensitive statement? Okay, so Srichand P. Hinduja is thrilled to bits that the world is finally noticing pests called terrorists but did he really have to call the attacks a blessing?
So what else do we need to thank our stars for?
WTC attack – That’s fantastic! The [...]
Posted by: inbavalli on: December 16, 2008
This started as a comment on another blog post [Neha, hope you don’t sue me – if I ever bag the Booker I promise to share the booty with you ]. The ‘comment’ became so long that I felt I couldn’t foist it on someone else’s blog, and since then it has been [...]
Posted by: inbavalli on: December 15, 2008
Come zero, come centum, Paiyyan trots down to me, test paper and pen in hand for my signature.
Kutty, on the other hand, has her own hierarchy. When she scores less than 90%, she comes to me, flashes a semi-smile and gets my signature. When the score is 90% or above, she marches to her dad [...]
Posted by: inbavalli on: December 9, 2008
At 12.46 yesterday night, I saw this lizard. A big, white fella, stomach bulging with a recently swallowed adolescent cockroach. I caught this expression of sheer despair on his triangular face, struggling as he was with his big, rough tail entangled in a tuft of hair that was obviously mine.
I switched off the light, smiled [...]
Posted by: inbavalli on: December 7, 2008
This may be the most insensitive thing you have read in recent times but I need to get this out of my chest. How, pray how, does it help to light candles? Every relative, friend, neighbour and colleague of mine wants to know whether or not I’ve done my bit by lighting a candle at [...]
Posted by: inbavalli on: December 3, 2008
Have you heard the term “determination”? That which I never exhibited while in school and college? I personified determination today, watching Vaarnam Aayiram in a theatre all by myself. For the past two weeks I’ve been licking my wound over having to leave the movie unceremoniously after reel one. In Barkha Datt style, today I [...]
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