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Married at 14, widowed at 45 … she is now close to 85… . Full of curiosity and a zest for living (as opposed to life). An unshakable faith in God — that has kept her going despite the ups and downs [...]

Yesterday was my mother’s birthday. We had gone to Inorbit to pick up a gift for her. Adorning the entrance was a large tribute to the father of the nation. irony, anyone ?

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IT has been hectic from the word go. 2006 wound up with marriages, social events, etal - all of which required me to smile a lot. It was fairly wearing. I can’t handle so much social interaction - and wonder if i am at heart asocial!
…. KD and Reshma were in town. Together in [...]

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October 2nd in addition to being Gandhi Jayanti is amma’s birthday.
Yesterday we had a quiet lunch at home. JD & I cooked the lunch. And we just spent some quality time together in relative companionship.
Dad and JD got her Saris’ - lovely cottons. And I got her the - which [...]

Mahuli on Her second Birthday on 22nd May.
Inertia in uploading the pictures:)

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…In addition to being Gandhi Jayanti is my mothers’ birthday. Jayadev organised a surprise birthday party for her. I think what surprised her the most was me landing up for lunch - I was supposed to be shooting.
Rani went bonkers at the sight of so many guests.
I went to the shoot after lunch where the [...]

My brother Krishnadev Calamur (KD) , has written this extremely interesting article in the New Republic. we have been having a running debate on the elections. i am blogging some select quotes from our mails.
KD wrote to me on the day of the elections:
“you know the old joke about the definition of mixed emotions — [...]

Yesterday dad got discharged - he would say released - from the hospital.
As hospitals go, Holy Spirit is a wonderful place. Nurses and doctors and the staff focused on healing.
They day i brought him into the hospital (the first). they rushed him into the ICU, began the treatment, and then came and whispered to me, [...]

When I was growing up, my father's major obsessions was lost civilizations, and glories of the past. A considerable amount of his pin money - money left over after running the household - would go on stuff like Erich von Daniken, Charles Berlitz, Immanuel Velikovsky - men who have alternatively been called charlatans as well [...]

On the first, dad got admitted to the ICU of the local hospital. His heart beat was around 260 (normal rate: 75)
The doctors and nurses are excellent. They have stabilised him and brought him back to normal. But he has a fair few complications. He is severely diabetic, has high blood pressure and is severely [...]