OMG Sonal its like 3:30 in India and you are awake?
Kala, good deal... hey sweet is all that matters, at least to me😛
It will never be like how it is in India, but we continue to fool ourselves that it is
I worry if my kids will even know about the Tamil calendar and care to follow it. I want them to... really really badly
But here in the USA it is so easy to not bother doing anything for festivals because "who is going to know?" "Who cares" etc
In like 50 years, panagam and neer mor etc will be all gone
I usually make vempamboo tayir pachadi (neem buds yogurt raita) this year I forgot to arrange for it and hence I missed it too
I feel bad when I dont do something exactly like my Mom does
I am unable to get over that feeling