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A stitch in time
Hailing from an over-achieving family background has its own pitfalls. I hail from a family of women with extremely talented fingers, be it their embroideries.....
Changes
They say the only thing permanent in life is change. Life changes at a blink of the eye, in a nano-second.
We choose to imagine our lives as a monotonous copy ....
Seven floors high
The whole perspective of your world changes if you change your viewing vantage point. Isn’t that the reason why we fight for that elusive window seat in the bus and the train?....
Who designed this?
Nature is
a work of treasure and never ceases to amaze us through its
revelations. Here, Vini goes on an introspective mode when she
encounters an innocent but a startling question from a little
boy....…
Prevention
And a common trend here in the US is the flu shots - an
injection taken on the onset of flu season to prevent flu for
the season. Coming from Chennai, this concept seems so alien to
me. After every monsoon...
It is friday evening
A lazy Friday evening to beat the
stress. The longing to have time for relaxation amidst hectic
routine: Vini discloses her way to spend the Friday evenings.
One-on-One with Me on New Years
V What New Year really means to me. In short, it is just another
day, over hyped by the public and
marketed by stationery companies…
Winter hater
V writes that she dreads and hates
winters even though they are mild in Houston…
The New Year and the old one
V writes about what the old year
meant for her and what she looks forward to in the new one…
Nature lessons
Nature never ceases to fascinate V, who keeps learning from it
everyday…
Scary monsters
V is forced to fight these monsters everyday in broad daylight…
Pretty and pink
Stop to smell the flowers and see what a wonderful difference it
makes to your life, says V...
Am back
V puts tealight candles in memory of Karthigai back home…
Weddings are so much fun
V writes about the various scenes enacted at weddings...
Season of change
V writes lyrically about fall, that sweet interlude of colours
before the starkness of winter…
Time for celebrations
V says she misses India most during this time when Navarathri
and Diwali are celebrated…
Aiya! Eggibition vandachu!
V visits the state fair of Texas and finds it quite similar to
the ones in India…
Sunny memories
V’s memories are kindled by a sound peculiar to India but not
heard in the US…
Going green
Take those small steps to become an environmental activist,
says V…
Eat like a Texan
V’s article this week is sure to make your mouth water…
The other religion
V writes about the passion that is ignited by a religion in
the US…
My best friend
V writes about what her grandfather, a teacher, meant to her…
The cheering squad
V writes vividly about how she was a shy person who has learnt
to put on a confident front…
Cakes and candles
V thinks of all the birthdays she has celebrated so far and
how it would be in future…
Surviving grad school in the US
V writes about what it takes to survive the culture shock of
studying in the US...
Equating peaches and papaya
V finds that the contents of a bottle of shower gel can draw her
and repulse her at the same time...
Independence Day through the years
V talks about what she did down the years during August
15...
Handbags for grown-ups
V tries to act all grown up and
get herself a bit handbag and goofs up...
Shopping and me
V writes to say why she avoids
the desi shop street in Houston, Texas...
Potter magic
V writes about how the hidden
messages in the Rowling books endear it to readers...
The real life
V finds the bigger picture that
she ought to be looking at in life...
Rain, rain go away!
V finds that it is better to build
a life around Nature than try to change Nature...
Small stuff
V finds that the southern hospitality of Houston cheers her no end...
Launching
Vini’s Corner
Catch V at Vini’s Corner, a new
column that deals with a Chennaivasi’s life in Houston...
Summer mornings
V talks about the difference
between a summer morning in Chennai and in Houston...
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