Character: Uma

Uma feeding a Kangaroo 1

Koala

Uma turned three today. She walks and talks a lot now. We are in Sydney for a short trip to meet her cousin and celebrate. Today we went to Koala Park Sanctuary, Sydney. She has heard The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright and Jim Field hundreds of times, and she wanted to...

Summer Pink flowers of Bengakuru. 1

Weekly Notes 13/2026

We had a long weekend due to Yugadhi and Eid. I didn’t do much. Mostly spent time at home, sleeping. I feel rested after a long time.

Early morning conversations between Uma and Pathu 0

Weekly Notes 08/2026

Uma loves singing. Recently, she has been humming ಬಾನ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂರ್ಯ ಜಾರಿಹೋದ. I wanted to create a karaoke version of it. Since the video already had the lyrics embedded, all I needed to do was separate the audio into vocals and instrumentals using musicara. And then remove the original audio and add the...

There are lots of dogs at APU and they are all friendly. 0

Weekly Notes 04/2026

I have a sore throat and a cold. I think I got it from Uma, and she got it from school. I have also been talking a lot in meetings this week, and that’s not helping. Also, it’s very cold.

Uma watching Manikantan 0

Weekly Notes 02/2026

The weekend and the week were busy as we wrapped up at Thrissur, traveled, and got back to work after the holiday season. Uma’s school also restarted this week after the holidays. We are back to regular programming.

At Kochi-Muziris Biennale/ 2025 0

Weekly Notes 01/2026

Welcome to the new year. I didn’t do much on New Year’s Eve or Day, other than maybe sleeping a bit. However, I took some time to write and publish the year-end post. This is the 18th year of publishing year-end posts.