Thank YOU, Athai

In less than an hour I am fed ek big glass of adrak wali chai
And piping hot dosas with mint chutney and sambhar and molghapudi on the side.
They are old, we should serve them,
But oh what bliss, what comfort in good cooked by them.
Not because it took effort (though that too), but one feel the love
In the amrud cut and served with chatpata powder and the neyiappam to kill for.
That one can demand, one can expect,
That one's wishes are never met with neglect.
But more, the scene that is etched in memory
Is of ever athai waiting to greet me.
She patiently standing on the road, ready to direct,
Every step that I take has but just 1 regret,
Why this long interim, why did I not visit sooner
I hope she realises how much she means to me, my succour.

— Written on 22 August 2025.

— On 21 August 2025, I went to visit my Athai in Hyderabad after a LONG day. Hence... :) 

Happy Ganesh Chathurthi - 2025

Happy Ganesh Chathurthi! 

Another Ganesh Chathurthi rolls by,

Stories, myths, lores all remind:

This Lord of Plenty wants nothing, 

Invoked the first, gives way to other beings. 

He makes an art of 'jugaad', the Ekdantaya, 

He works as scribe, the Granta geyaya. 

The brave, gigantic one riding a tiny mouse,

Reminding us to NOT show off

The one who never forgot his roots, 

This son of Gauri, and only Gauri, foremost.

For these lessons and more, we are blessed truly,

Deemahi, deemahi, deemahi.

— Written on 27 August 2025

— Self-explanatory

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