Today's Katha

A few weeks ago, I chatted with 2 of my cousins whose young children had just started their school life. Memories unspooled of my own school beginnings, and I typed this immediately.  Yesterday, a cousin from the UK shared details about the education system and the...

On August 17, 2025, our Vallat family lost a valuable member. Like the first time I began writing after letting my Achan go, writing this piece for FB is my way of dealing with grief. We had been praying continuously to all the Gods possible since July 21, the day she...

I began typing this blog post in my head while I waited inside the US Consulate for the Visa interview on Jun 17. Of course, the actual typing happened much later.   THE VISA GAMES: PASSPORT, PLEASE… A year ago, on a Saturday, Sujith announced that we would apply...

  I wrote this blog post in August 2018 under the title Bad Hair Day(s). My haircut saga continues, and in 2021, I published a version of this in The Short Humour Site (UK), retitled as My Imperfect Look.  Quite recently, I had another visit to the salon, and my...

This was a blog post I wrote in August 2019. Teacher’s Day was around the corner, and I was feeling nostalgic about the calling I had misread. Dedicated to all the outstanding educators.   TO TEACH OR NOT TO TEACH.   I, too, had a dream, an ambition during...

11 July 2025.  My mom was my first friend. Growing up as a single child, I shared every thought, every detail of my life with my mom. The habit continues. As Oscar Wilde said, "Every woman becomes their mother..." Much to my delight and consternation, I can see that I...

I wrote this blog post in June 2019. Growing up as a single child, I looked forward to summer vacations where I could meet my cousins. We had such fun; indeed, they were golden days. Don’t you all have cherished memories of holidays with cousins?   Those Golden...

  A short version of this was the first write-up, I typed on my mobile phone, lying on the middle berth of the Alleppey Express in January 2018. I have added a few more lines now. It was published in my blog on May 1, 2018. AMIDST STRANGERS ( A journey to my...