All in a day's work

Unfortunately our maid has not turned back after her leave ; so we are in pursuit of another maid servant. After work it becomes very difficult for Ritu to do all the household chores - its getting very hectic for her.

Sonamoni now keeps Ma busy all the time with her untimely pranks - in fact she keeps all of us busy.

Everyday I return from office , Sonamoni greets me with her smile ... it makes me feel fresh again.

If Ritu's time permits we have a small chat over a cup of tea, and then I start playing with Sonamoni .

Sonamonis dinner is an episode in itself ; while she shows her tantrums by moving away from the plate and not willing to eat .

While Ritu makes her dinner, Ma is at the helm of helping her eat it. Nowadays I have also joined the league ; I draw her sketches on a diary and correlating them whats there in the book .. this tactic helps us to make her have her dinner .


Her favorite sketch happens to be MyaoPussy ( cat ) ... see above ... sometimes I draw three of them of several sizes and call them Ma, Baba and Sonamoni myaopussy

The Missing Frame

It has been more than a decade when Timmi left us ( 6th March 1998 ).

There has been many incidents after the date; passing away of Baba (21st June 2006 ), coming of Sonamoni ( 1st December 2006 ), passing away of my mother in law ( 22nd October 2007 ) ; I was fortunate to share some of my ups with my parents, Ritu and our family .

I have moved to Bangalore with a better job. I have got married and have a kid - both of them are very supportive in their own ways. There are somethings Timmi wanted me to become - I hope I have met some of the expectations of her and my parents.

Ma has come to Bangalore and is presently staying with us . She spends her time playing with Sonamoni and is in a better condition than what she was earlier. It has been around two months Ma is staying with us ; but Baba's coming remain unfulfilled .

As everyone of us get busy with our day to day activities , we just find sometime to look back .

Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.

Doo, doo, doo, Looking out my back door.
There's a giant doing cartwheels,
A statue wearing high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A dinosaur Victrola listening to Buck Owens......

Credence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door