Category: Weekly Notes
Weekly notes are my way of going back to original blogging, where I would write small posts about the day once in a while. But now, I plan to do it once a week as a routine.
Today was election day here in Bengaluru. I voted against Fascism. After voting, Appa and I went to see Kammsandra Kere (lake). It was redone and inaugurated last year. The lake work seemed okay, but there was not even a single drop of water. I wonder if baragala (drought) has been declared in Bengaluru. I think we are in a drought.
In the past three years, NMG results were delayed for various reasons. This year, I aimed to stay on schedule and managed to do so. I announced them on April 14th, just like I said I would. I am pleased about it. This year (2024) is NMG’s seventh year. It’s been eight years since Amma...
The heat wave continues in Bangalore, and there have been no summer rains yet. We have been considering buying an AC for a long time. This week, we purchased it. It is here but is yet to be set up. On the other side, plants love the sun. All of our balcony plants are shining, and there are new dasavala (Hibiscus) flowers.
We are back in Bangalore. We spent almost a week in Bali celebrating Uma’s first birthday. We walked quite a bit. I wrote about two of them (Ubud and Sanur). I was doubtful if we could walk with Uma in Bali’s heat, but we could, and she did well. They were tiring (good tiring kind)...
We wanted to celebrate Echo’s birthday. We couldn’t celebrate on the 20th, so we decided to make it extra special. We took advantage of Uma’s grandparents being at home and spent the first half of Sunday with Echo celebrating and walking around in Cubbon Park. It was just the three of us: Anju,...
It’s union election time in India. The results are going to be in June. Given we have a fascist right-wing party in power now, the next two and half months will be unbearable. Social media will be at its worst; WhatsApp has been and will be the source of all kinds of fake news....