Category Archives: Family

Family nostalgia & a funny look at ethnic roots

YOUR BIRTHDAY , WINDOWS 3 , AND SOLITAIRE

Posted on 26/05/2020 by lkkanuga

Hi Hiroo , A normal Birthday Greeting with rib tickling by-lines filched from one of several websites or an illustrative image of a rich chocolate cake used several times over with a customised facial image of the birthday boy or … Continue reading →

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OF LOVE & BONDS

Posted on 29/03/2020 by lkkanuga

On the eve of the 54th  Wedding Anniversary  of  the eldest sibling  in our clan ,  with the deadly virus prompted shut down in multiple  cities from Delhi through to Gurgaon , Kolkata London and Bangalore , one can at … Continue reading →

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OF HATCHES MATCHES & DISPATCHES

Posted on 20/08/2018 by lkkanuga

Hi Everyone , I have been away a lot longer than a while : coping with meaningless pursuits of life : nary finding joy in the merry-go-around of inconsequential events & non events !! What , one might ask , … Continue reading →

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This One’s for you Nandu

Posted on 08/08/2014 by lkkanuga

Here’s dedicating this post to Nandu on his 70th , with warm Greetings & all good wishes intertwined with unmitigated trivia that has the habit of coming to the fore from one’s innermost nooks & crannies down memory lane on … Continue reading →

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Happy 80th Birthday Hiroo & May there be Many Happy Returns

Posted on 27/05/2014 by lkkanuga

This one is for a Very Special Person : to Greet him on his 80th Birthday & to wish him Many Happy Returns of the Day. Long ago , in the Malgudis of Upper Assam called Digboi & Duliajan , … Continue reading →

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SPECIAL GREETINGS ON A SPECIAL DAY

Posted on 24/02/2013 by lkkanuga

Happy birthday Mira & may there be many happy returns . The above greeting seems ever so staid and uncharacteristic of my Blog. My Blog, after all, relates essentially to epochal Events & dreary Non-Events that constitute the collage of life … Continue reading →

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Happy 70th Birthday ! Kaushalya Singh

Posted on 01/01/2013 by lkkanuga

Given her penchant for poetry , I thought  It would be appropriate that Kaushalya’s Platinum Birthday Greeting should be  poetry. Trouble is : not many words rhyme with Seventy  (bounty , shanty  , Damyanti  were some that came to mind … Continue reading →

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The Brits are coming

Posted on 09/12/2012 by lkkanuga

My Brit brother called earlier in the day to tell me what he was up to on a balmy winter day in jolly old England & brought me up to date with happenings relating to his 4-month old grandson Rishi … Continue reading →

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Namastey Europe

Posted on 04/12/2012 by lkkanuga

Got back mid November after 3 glorious days in Paris and 7 days in the Netherlands . Weather all through was most kind and at sub 7 in Pune on return continued to be so Stayed at a beautiful village called Houten … Continue reading →

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IDP Guru Nanak And I

Posted on 29/08/2012 by lkkanuga

We have done it again : apart from winning the under-19 Cricket World Cup for the third time ( Great !! ) & carrying parliamentary debates to TV studios & street corners ( not so great !! ) , we have made … Continue reading →

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