Theater Nisha Performs at CLT, IIT Madras

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 5/2/2013 12:09:06 PM

'You might want to take your kids to see Theater Nisha perform five short stories by the famed Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Entry is free. Holidays and all that! Filed under: Anything Tagged: Hans Christian Andersen, play, Theater Nisha'

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Flying Elephants Workshop by MindFresh

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 4/15/2013 5:12:03 AM

'Thought I’ll share the details of an amazing workshop for teenagers conducted by a very close friend.. You might want to check on Youtube on what the participants from the previous workshops have to say.. Visit their website for details on the other workshops.. Filed under: Anything Tagged: flying elephants, teenage workshop'

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Varunism Mar’13

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 3/27/2013 5:03:46 AM

'Varun: Amma, do you know how a sparrow walks? Amma: Ummm… How? Varun: (Holds a pencil between two toes and takes baby steps): Like this Ma! The gait perfectly matching that of a sparrow picking grains from the floor.. Cuteness.. If I may say so myself:-) —————— Their paternal uncle, another V, is talking to [...]'

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Love or Fear?

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 3/21/2013 3:38:05 PM

'It seems that the English lab teacher had asked the kids to write a few lines explaining whether they love or fear God. This post is not about the nature of topic or why it was given. Here is what Vyas wrote. I love God but I also fear him I fear God but I [...]'

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A watchman’s woes

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 2/9/2013 1:20:03 PM

'Varun’s best friends in our apartments happen to be the two watchmen, Raman and Neelakantan, who take turns watching. Raman is over 65yrs old and the other man is around 40. The two men find Varun to be a nice entertainment material and don’t seem to mind anything he does, however nasty or bratty it [...]'

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Random notes..

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 1/30/2013 1:09:57 PM

'Hi there! Did you see 2012 vaporize? I did. Life, at the moment, seems to be like the fast-forward action sequence on a big screen.. I can almost see my sons peddling their bicycles with a random tune playing in the background, and in 5 minutes, life is fast forwarded by another decade and a [...]'

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The Man Box Phenomenon

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 1/9/2013 9:04:14 AM

'A must watch for all the parents, specially those having sons: Thanks to Vaish for letting me know about this resource. Filed under: Anything Tagged: feminism, gender bias, gender stereotypes, man-box-phenomenon, raising sons and daughters'

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Let down..

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 12/31/2012 6:14:56 AM

'Every time I open this blog to write about the 23 year old girl who lost her life, eyes well up and there is a lump in the throat.. Not only because what this girl went through was hell, but also because of the feeling of helplessness, because, even as I’m writing this, there probably [...]'

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Louu

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 12/19/2012 4:28:23 AM

'Varun opens a tiny jar of candies that are of different shapes and colours. Picks two heart shaped, pink candies. Holds one in each hand for me to see and declares: “I am going to eat two Louus”! Filed under: Anything Tagged: kids, language, louu'

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Nostalgia

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 12/14/2012 4:43:30 AM

'Its 6.45 AM, and am in the kitchen, putting together a breakfast for Vyas. Having brushed and washed, he walks into the kitchen to wish me good morning. He puts his arms around my waist and I draw him to my bosom for a warm ‘good-morning’ hug and plant a kiss on his head. We [...]'

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Tween Syndrome?

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 12/11/2012 5:45:06 AM

'Having a sane conversation for anything more than 10 minutes with the older one, is now becoming an exercise in patience. Its hard to tell if he is being serious when saying something or is taking me for a jolly ride. Am amazed at the infinite capacity of his memory that stores and processes the [...]'

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Can Angrezi be far behind?

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 12/6/2012 6:14:42 AM

'1. Varun at bath: Why your dress small and daetty?(because I had rolled-up my dress over the knees and was wet with soap and water that he’d so generously splashed. So my dress is small and dirty!) 2. Sunday is holiday. Monday is schooly day. 3. November, December, all days leave (his wish) 4. I [...]'

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Kartha Gaja

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 12/4/2012 5:14:57 AM

'…. is Varunism for anything Hindi. Reminding me of Pattu’s tyrsts So miss Uma’s posts! Kartha Gaja door kartha. (Followed by raising intonation) Kartha Gajaaaa! open Kartha! Kartha Gaja I’m playing Gaja.. He surely is Gaja ka dosth;) Here’s for a cool Monday morning! Filed under: Anything Tagged: Gaja ka dost, Hindi still suffers at [...]'

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A nice trait at 3.9?

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 11/29/2012 11:57:53 AM

'Varun’s 6.5 yr old friend from the third floor of our apartments, was dressed in a cute pavadai for Karthigai last evening. The two share their crackers, toys, puzzles, candies, and sometimes the bicycle. I had barely reached home when N came home to take Varun along to light some sparklers, with her dad to [...]'

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Learners

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 11/28/2012 5:32:10 AM

'The CEO of the company I work for had linked to this post on our internal blog and he hopes that these kids don’t end up in our company! How much of this attitude is to do with the indulgence at home and what percentage of it does the school’s heeding to such indulgence contribute [...]'

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The ‘How tos’

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 11/21/2012 5:06:27 AM

'Was listening to some FM this morning on the way to work and that was when I knew of Kasab’s death. There were listeners calling-in to tell the RJ how the death sentence must have been handled. I was aghast when at least 4 people expressed opinions such as, the execution must have been public, [...]'

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Right to facebook..

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 11/20/2012 5:46:00 AM

'Yeah, FB has long been a verb too, right? If you thought this post is about the girl who is supposed to have uttered blasphemy, you are mistaken. Well, how can anyone dare to blog about it? I’m scared my uncle’s factory in Ambattur will be ransacked, never mind that he retired from the business [...]'

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Happy Diwali 2012!

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 11/12/2012 6:48:05 AM

'Vyas is yet to touch even a sparkler. His ‘Green-Diwali’ has become a kind of joke in our apartments, among his friends and cousins. He doesn’t flinch from admitting that he is scared of the crackers and the noise of the continuous blasts. He is not touched when others tease him for ‘being a boy’ [...]'

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Then and Now

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 11/7/2012 9:16:09 AM

'Flashback to a day about 10 yrs back (You must now see a Tortoise mosquito coil in your thought bulb) The Mommy and Daddy cannot sing to save our lives! But that cannot discourage us from experimenting in the bathrooms, or with our own off-spring right? The closest the dad came to singing a lullaby [...]'

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Om Books-eh Namah!

Author : Vidya      Blog : life under the sky      Date : 11/6/2012 5:20:05 AM

'I had borrowed the books, Immortals of Meluha (IOM) and its Sequel- The Secret of the Nagas, from my sister about 3 months back and it was lying idle until one week ago. For some reason, I couldn’t will myself to read the books even when my friends at work recommended when they were released. [...]'

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