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Posted: 7 years ago

Originally posted by: Nisha0604

Hey people

Happy Friday

Happy almost New Year
The weather is fabulous here, crisp, cool 38F blue skies, fluffy clouds. After a day of 30 miles an hour winds rain and no sunshine, its a great day to begin the weekend

I am hoping to go watch Beirut with a GF tonight being an espionage buff and all. Tomm will go in cooking, evening I might venture out to go see the Desi Tamil new year celebration at 5


Sunday, I will go to Lowe's to buy plants (FEWER!) last year I had a monster harvest, one tomato, one cucumber, one egg plant, one bell pepper, one zucchini ... dig up the dried up crap and plant



its terrible weather here Nisha, cloudy and rainy. happy Tamil New year and Happy vaisakhi.

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Posted: 7 years ago
Happy New year to all the people celebrating
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Posted: 7 years ago
Iniya Tamil puthandu Vazhthukal !
Happy Vishu, Vaisakthi !

Nisha, Please squeeze in a few updates in your busy weekend schedule ! 😳
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Posted: 7 years ago

Originally posted by: jaschick

Iniya Tamil puthandu Vazhthukal !
Happy Vishu, Vaisakthi !

Nisha, Please squeeze in a few updates in your busy weekend schedule ! 😳


Thank you jas
Waise Nisha update ke bina is not feling complete for the new year 😉
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Posted: 7 years ago
Happy New Year every one
Vendakka mor kozhambu (south indian kadi with bhindi)
Beans curry with grated coconut
Sooji kesari (halwa)
Urad vadas
Panagam and neer mor (jaggery water & yogurt water with curry leaves and heeng) This one is more like a ritual

It has tang, spice, flavor sweet, almost like how you wnat the new year to be👍🏼👏

I pigged out like I have never seen food before😆
My Mom will gather us all in the afternoon and read the new year's panchang (almanac?) every new year afternoon. Tell us based on our birth star how the year will turn out

Wish we could hold on to those things and keep our parents for ever and in front of us

Time to write a story now...
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Posted: 7 years ago
Happy new Year Nisha. Panagam tastes So yum. 👍🏼

My mom just sent a looong WhatsApp msg to my daughter that had her menu, which was basically all our favorites, wished her well for all her standard testing and AP exams, how much she misses her and wishes that when we come next to India, not to pack it with too many activities and visiting. It hurt a little to have her asking us to just give them a full two weeks stay uninterrupted.

It's a simple request but I don't know why every trip becomes rushed 😕
Edited by Errantnomad - 7 years ago
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Posted: 7 years ago

Ghee shakkar

"Bitiya se milne ka mann hai, milne ki aagya hai? Shyam asked politely

"Ruken hum missus se pooch ein Sita Ram roared

The men laughed amicably

"Kaisi hain Himani ji?

"Who apni bahu Meeta ki delivery ko lekar chintit hain. Baby shower, bache ka room Shyam explained

Those things were unheard of in the traditional Vaidya household. In fact the first baby warranted a god bharai and that's about it

There was weekly monthly and yearly havan and poojas for the baby in the first year, but no color coordinated crib or curtains no baby rooms

Gauri Garima's room was spartan, with two beds and two study desks, and tons of school work on the walls and posters of Science and Math & world history but nothing out of a sitcom

Surbhi's room on the other hand looked like it was pulled off a Disney set

"Bacha to doosra hai? Nahi? Sita Ram asked baffled

"Jee jee... ghar par 6 qareeb kamre band pade hain, unme se ek tayaar karna hai, kareegar se baat kar rahin hain dono Shyam informed

"Hamari missus chintit hain ki yahan khush khabri kab hamey naseeb hogi Sita Ram sounded a little dejected

"Kyon 4 paach saal postpone kar diye hain? Teeku aur Harit?

"Umm... nahi... nahi... bus... jin halaat mein hui shaadi missus sochti hain dono mein abhi mel aane mein samay lagega Sita Ram sighed

"Hum yeh keh sakte hain ki Teeku hamari ek dum happy hai

"teeku ab hamari hain, Avantika Sita Ram reminded

"Hahahah

"Kuch keh rahin thi? Himani behenji se?

"Nahi... nahi... unki Bhabhi Meeta, unki khabar leti rehti hain, sun ne mein aaya hai, unhoney khaana banaya, aur namak bhool gayin aaloo mein aur damad jee bilqul tamasha nahi kiya, kaano mein keh gaye yeh baat unse Shyam, was very proud of Harit

"Achhha? Hum asal mein us din jaldi nikal gaye, bas halwa khaaye, usme namak ki avashyakta nahi thi Sita Ram cracked one of his lame jokes

"Shukar manaye, teeku ne dark e maare halwe mein namak aur aloo mein mithas daal dee to

"Aur koi baat keh gayin? Sita Ram probed

"Umm... sab kuch achha hai, aur... aur to koi baat nahi... haan yeh kahin who ki ek din raat ko khaane pe gayin who. Harit ne khoob khatir kee

"jee jee Sita Ram's turn to nod proudly

"Mel ka kya hai JV saab, dono padhe likhe, modern, English bolne waale, naukri karne waale, apne aap samay se ho jaayega mel Shyam didn't feel what he was saying but said it anyway

Thankfully Sita Ram could not see the worry on Shyam's face

He thought to speak with Himani about it and have her reach out to Meeta to quiz Teeku

"Ghoomne kaha jaane ka plan hai? Shyam acted like he was very cheerful

"Dono, jaayenge zaroor Sita Ram nodded trying not to be disappointed

"Teen mahina honey ko hai... hum baat karenge Teeku se, unki favorite jagah to islands hain koi bhi

"Hmmm... achha? Hamare Harit to nadi ke priya hain, melon ki nadi aur ghane jangal... Sita Ram realized they didn't have anything common in vacation spots either

"Chaliye phir kisi bade sheher mein bhej dein taaqi equal rahe dono ka challenge aur dislike Shyam laughed

"Judge hum nahi aap hain JV complimented

"Bus 3 mahiney ki sangat ka asar hai sahib

"Aap hamey Sita Ram kahen

"Who nahi ho paayega Shyam said sincerely

"Us din tadapkar aapki beti hamare yahan aayi na hotin to aap aur hum kidhar dost bante Sita Ram's voice was filled with gratitude

"Jee bilqul Shyam nodded his eyes glistening

"Avantika se zyaada Chandu se koi pyaar nahi kar paayega Sita Ram was confident

"Jee... jee Shyam nodded

"Hum bus yeh chahte hain, Harit aur unki koi santaan ho jaldi se jaldi Sita Ram declared longingly

"Aapke mooh mein ghee shakkar Shyam agreed

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Jaldi aaye hain to zaroor match hogi neeche Teeku took a not so subtle dig at Harit 😡seeing him stretched out deliciously at 3 in the afternoon on his bed..

He was stretched out in bed, still wearing black pants but wearing a grey stripe tee

He was going through a old ratty red file with a tie on the center... scratching his hair

She set the folded laundry on the other side at the foot of the bed and started making three sets, his hers and Teeku's

She had reluctantly pulled and folded his clothes from the line because Lakshmi ordered

"Arey wah hamari laundry kar daali? he mocked

"Ma kahin humse she said primly

His eyes scanning her bent look in the pink figure hugging kurta with the plunging neck line

"Dupatta bhool gayin? he murmured goading her, pulling one leg up settling back ogling

"BHOOLE nahi, waha office chair par hai she said haughtily

"Avantikaaa he called out as she turned away stacking his folded tees in his shelf

She didn't respond walked out brought the purple dupatta and wrapped it like a shawl fully covering herself

He laughed at her obvious "obliging

He reached for his tea cup and sipped as she approached her other piles of clothes

"Ek besan ladoo missing hai, aap kha leen? he taunted

"Humey pasand nahi hai she waved a finger dismissing

"Jhoothi hain aap"😳 he said biting into the third one

"Chandu, Gauri Garima SAB aa chuke hain kisi aur ne kha liya ho?"

she walked into her room to put her clothes away

He was getting on her nerves

She missed him dangerously

He didn't really care for her unless he wanted to

She hated that

She paced her room furiously plotting how she could get back at him

She made a plan and walked out

Bent to pick up Chandu's pile

He lunged and grabbed her, she fell face down on his bed, scowling

He pulled her over his body

"Did u steal my dessert? he panted pinning her down

"I TOLD YOU I didn't

"I will be the judge of that he bend down on her open ready to scream mouth

"Hareee she groaned

They hungrily fed off each others taste forgetting about the missing besan ball and grand conspiracies to avenge being ignored

Edited by Nisha0604 - 7 years ago
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Posted: 7 years ago

He didn't really care for her unless he wanted to

She hated that

The Attorney is using Attorney privilege by taking big decisions to put his client under duress charging her with pilferage and embezzlement 😳 😉 ... Is there a Jury here anyone ??? 😆 .
We need one, otherwise the attorney is going to get his way every single time 😆

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Posted: 7 years ago
Haha
Good legal analogies there Kalpana

What was the menu at home this morning?
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Posted: 7 years ago

Originally posted by: Nisha0604

Happy New Year every one

Vendakka mor kozhambu (south indian kadi with bhindi)
Beans curry with grated coconut
Sooji kesari (halwa)
Urad vadas
Panagam and neer mor (jaggery water & yogurt water with curry leaves and heeng) This one is more like a ritual

It has tang, spice, flavor sweet, almost like how you wnat the new year to be👍🏼👏

I pigged out like I have never seen food before😆
My Mom will gather us all in the afternoon and read the new year's panchang (almanac?) every new year afternoon. Tell us based on our birth star how the year will turn out

Wish we could hold on to those things and keep our parents for ever and in front of us

Time to write a story now...


Menu sounds very appetizing! Super ! Please do share your panagam recipe.

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