On being Tamizh and a Penn

Is it cold there , S Maami asks? The winters must have set in there , Iyengaar Maami adds knowingly. I heard that there was a frost warning ...

Appa was doing his annual spring cleaning routine, which involves going through his termites infested cupboard and pull out papers and old c...

Thatha looked up from his newspaper and grimaced. He then started, ATP, have you noticed how the quality of writing has deteriorated lately ...

Lend me your ears , my Thatha loves to say. Quoting literature and witticisms that are attributed to dead people is his favourite past-time....

I don’t like washing clothes. My palms hurt and I don’t bother to squeeze the clothes too much before I put it out to dry. When I come out o...

I am beginning to enjoy the fact that I am now managing the house. And having Amma and Appa in two different continents has meant that, I an...

Last year when T Anna came to India, he downloaded several applications and softwares into our computer. Out of reverence for his IIT educat...

Yesterday, I nearly killed Appa. Or at any rate, I made a serious attempt to. I won’t claim to be a domestic goddess, but like Appa tells me...

Seventy-five years is no age to stay up late and watch television, G Periamma scowled and let everyone know. She looks far from gruntled as ...