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Remembering Nehruji
Category: Stories/The Unforgettable
Urmila Vaidyanathan is a Trustee of Bhaktavatsalam Educational Trust and Academic Director of Brindavan Public Schools, Tamil Nadu. Her qualifications are B.A in Social Sciences, M.A. in Political ... Wednesday, 31 July 2019 -
The Day Prime Minister Nehru Died
Category: Stories/The Unforgettable
... received her higher education in India, the erstwhile U.S.S.R., and the U.S.A. She speaks Tamil, English, and Russian fluently, and knows Hindi. The news reached us in the late afternoon. The radio ... Wednesday, 10 July 2019 -
My mother’s blue kitchen
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Meera was born and brought up in Madras, Tamil Nadu. She graduated from Stella Maris College with a BA in Sociology, and got her MBA from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila. She has enjoyed ... Tuesday, 14 May 2019 -
Gurgaon Memoirs
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... to run the family smoothly. Indeed, she was the world to us. All this lasted till we were old enough to do these tasks ourselves. Ma was adept in five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi and Burmese. ... Tuesday, 30 April 2019 -
Of snakes and other creatures: A life in Tambaram
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... or couldn't get back in time before the boys arrived. It would be spotted soon enough. Then one of the boys would declare it as ‘water cobra' (Neer Nagam, in Tamil) as it happened on the week I went for ... Saturday, 21 April 2018 -
Growing up in a Punjabi Town
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... there was the pronunciation. So, Connaught Place was Knaatplace; Karol Bagh was Krol Bagh, Rajendra became Rajinder, and Ashok, Shokki - or, more usually, OySokki. I, as a seven-year-old Tamil, was a ... Tuesday, 06 March 2018 -
Nostalgia for Indian Railway Journeys – 1960’s – Early 1970’s
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... at school. I still remember the 1963 trip from Kadayam, a small town in Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu to Alwaye (presently Aluva) in Kerala. We were looking for the best and shortest way to travel, ... Friday, 22 December 2017 -
Navarathri Kolu: A Continuing Family Tradition
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Kamakshi received her higher education in India, the erstwhile U.S.S.R., and the U.S.A. She speaks Tamil, English, and Russian fluently, and knows Hindi. For over 50 years, my sister Savithri ... Sunday, 22 October 2017 -
Colonel Nawal Singh Rajawat – Vir Chakra
Category: Stories/Armed Forces Heroes
... role in Tanot, Jaisalmer. In 1990 he relinquished his command, and proceeded as Instructor to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu. Colonel Rajawat in 1990 at the time of relinquishing ... Friday, 16 December 2016 -
Chapter 12: Premature birth, typhoon and typhoid
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... over as there were convenient niches to serve as foothold. But that mami ("Mami" is a form of address and title by which older ladies are referred to in Tamil in certain communities--KB) couldn't do so. ... Monday, 29 August 2016 -
Chapter 11 Family life
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... then taken up on rent. Since TVB was going to the station to receive them, I too went along with the children. Alighting from the train, paati (Tamil for "grandmother"--KB) was so fatigued with hunger ... Saturday, 20 August 2016 -
Chapter 10: Moving away from the in-laws’s home
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... beyond washing the stone vessels (called karchatti in Tamil) because they were not to be touched by non-Brahmins. (In most middle class households there were (and still are) servants who 'wash vessels,' ... Monday, 18 July 2016 -
Chapter 8: Early times after my wedding
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... how reluctantly he had agreed to send me on earlier occasions and this time I may go and return in 10 days. (Colloquially one says "ten days" in Tamil when it could be anything like 12-15 or even 20 days ... Friday, 08 January 2016 -
Chapter 7: Weddings: My sister’s and mine
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... in the middle of chittirai (the first of the twelve months in the Tamil calendar). And it did turn out that my அத்திம்பேர் (athimber; brother-in-law) is Venkataraman, and Gowri's marriage was celebrated ... Thursday, 19 November 2015 -
Chapter 6: Beyond the family: Politics in Pre-Independence Erode
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... were pulled down owing to the World War II. But, the move to strengthen Tamil and banish Hindi had caught up. Some changed their Sanskrit or God-related name to pure Tamil ones. There also neither EVR ... Sunday, 01 November 2015 -
Chapter 5: Growing up with father and grandfather
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Vaikasi" "Chittirai, Vaikasi," those being the names of the 12 Tamil months). and like that, the names of months in English, days of the week in Tamil and English, then up to 100 in both languages. After ... Tuesday, 20 October 2015 -
Chapter 4: Learning and daily routine
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... and Tamil. He could succeed only half way! My father would not let him continue with European history, absolutely no science, certainly no need for algebra and geometry. My father never favoured Tamil. ... Tuesday, 29 September 2015 -
Chapter 2: Memories of Erode
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... man. His wife was a kind woman. After him, Rev. H.A. Popley took over. He used to don வேஷ்டி அங்கவஸ்த்ரம் (veshti angavastram; dhoti and upper cloth) and speak on திருக்குறள் (Tirukkural) in Tamil. There ... Wednesday, 23 September 2015 -
Chapter3: Our staff members
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... community in Western Tamilnadu), an illiterate. He was tall. Bony framed. Dark. White, well set row of teeth. He had a playful streak in him. He used to enact scenes from Madras High Court, English couples ... Wednesday, 23 September 2015 -
Chapter 1: My family and my early days
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... will start banking business - money lending - from our own house. Even as a young boy, my father knew many languages. Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Urdu besides English and Tamil. He was very young - ... Sunday, 20 September 2015