sighh… in 24 hours i’ll be leaving my family behind, and yet in 24 hours, i will be with my family. btw, praveen, good work on your new design. i’ll miss you 😡

in spite of a bright sun and blue sky, it’s freezing outside at 0 to 3 degree-celsius. and i, wearing three t-shirts, two trousers, and thick gardening gloves, just planted some daffodils 🙂

must-do when i am in kerala next month: stare long enough at a coconut tree so i never forget how to draw one, ever.

if there’s anything ‘english’ i’m going to severely miss when i’m back home in india, it’s the comfort of using toilet-paper 🙂

i must have been in japan in one of my previous lives. why else would liza dalby’s geisha fascinate me so much, once more?

it took me two months to realise i was in the wrong place. and now, like the moody winter skies that change from a bright yellow ochre to a crimsony red, and then a dull dark grey, i too watch myself wait and unwind…

whether or not we believe in our culture and tradition, it is our responsibility to preserve it for our children. what they choose to do with it, is again up to them.

it’s official. this december, praveen and i are taking a break. we’re flying home 🙂

it can be really frustrating when you rush to your train, panting, only to see it leave already! when this happens to you, simply buy yourself a fleshy mars chocolate bar, and enjoy it all alone…just like i did today 😉

the days seem shorter and the nights long; it’s getting darker and colder by the hour. strange…the trees, aflame with their yellow and orange leaves, make me want to colour my palms too, with some earthy home-made mehandi.