Twenty- five Seven

Like Money for Water

April 27, 2020

So this is the final week of the #AtoZChallenge. I do hope you’ve enjoyed my series so far.

Children have their own language and vocabulary especially while they are learning language skills. Other people call it babbling, but their garbled words definitely mean something. Often times, it is only the immediate family that can understand what they are trying to convey.

When Ms. Papaya was all of 16 months she went to the US for the first time. Having spent over a year with us in India, she was more familiar with Marathi the language spoken at home.

So she knew words like ‘nee-nee’ for sleep, ‘toh-toh‘ for bath and ‘paani‘ for water. Unfortunately, in her baby talk, paani came out as money.

After a long flight and the wait through immigration, the first word she spoke on entering the US was “Money, Money”!

Everyone stared at the little red-faced girl asking for a glass of water. None but us understood that Money for Ms. Papaya meant WATER.

Now wasn’t that the right word to say in the land of capitalism?

Ciao

I’m participating in the AtoZ2020 Challenge, a month-long blog hop where participants post 26 posts, one for every Alphabet, every day except Sundays.

Do join me as I share my adventures with my Little People.
A stony-hearted Valentine

April 25, 2020

Valentine’s has become a big deal all over the world. It has also become so commercialised that very few gestures remain original and from the heart. With cards, chocolates, flowers and elaborate date nights, there is no room for a simple declaration of love.
However, earlier this year, I witnessed a truly “AW” moment.

It was the day before Valentine’s when Anna Shetty and I took the Little Ones to the Park.

We thought the twiblings could play in the park while Wow Dinga attended his Track&Field training programme in the adjoining field.

Suddenly Little Po came running to us. With wide-eyed wonder, he opened his fist.

“Look aaiee”, he said excitedly, “this looks like a heart”! It was a smooth, flat stone that he had hidden in his hand.

Then very shyly he said, “You can have it “

Wasn’t that the best Valentine’s gift ever?

Ciao

I’m participating in the AtoZ2020 Challenge, a month-long blog hop where participants post 26 posts, one for every Alphabet, every day except Sundays.
Do join me as I share my adventures with my Little People.
Upstairs and Downstairs

April 24, 2020

Long before Downton Abbey, there was a television serial called Upstairs ,Downstairs. Both were highly popular British television series. Downton Abbey was set in the countryside while Upstairs, Downstairs was set in London. Both were about aristocratic families and their servants.
In our context, however, Ms. Papaya thinks that the neighbours upstairs, the Aptes are called Uptés. After all, they live Upstairs. We are the Middletés. And the neighbours downstairs are the Downtés while the people on the lower floors, the Notés.

What do you say to such logic?
Ciao

I’m participating in the AtoZ2020 Challenge, a month-long blog hop where participants post 26 posts, one for every Alphabet, every day except Sundays.
Do join me as I share my adventures with my Little People.

Like Money for Water

A stony-hearted Valentine

Upstairs and Downstairs