Come over!

A fun weekend spent chilling out, with the highlights being a Grihapravesh function and loads of shopping to revamp Navy's wardrobe.

Other than that am pleased to have brought this this well known writer on ST

Anushka's Puppets of India

Anushka, at age 5, conceptualised and illustrated this work. In the book, Anush undertakes a journey across India with an unusual friend Chinkcha. They meet various types of puppets and generally have fun.

We 'released ' it on her 6th birthday. She had almost forgotten about it by then!

She is exactly six and a half today - as good a day as any to share this with all of you.

Then and Then Again

One more in the Then and Now series

Valentine's Day

We were busy dismissing the day as a marketing ploy.

Then recalled how on campus ( which is pretty remote and isolated) Navy had wooed me with - a set of Mad comics, a watermelon, a bunch of roses and a lovely ceramic turtle.

So I guess there is a time and place when even such things mattered, even to us.
Though I don't recall if I gave anything to him!!

Dolls of a kind

Aditi does not play with her soft toys. Anushka used to.

We were cleaning up on the weekend and Aditi suddenly found great joy among them

I went to Ambara yet again. Love that place.

We also attended a lovely story telling session by Pow Wow at AppleofmyI.

While on stories, Aditi has a few favourites and she will complete each line in it for you.

She loves to sing Que sera sera and Jana Gana mana and dances to Doli Taro and Lollipop
Barefoot books and Giggle bellies are her favourites on youtube songs.

 

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RIP Whitney Houston- I used to be a huge fan in school and college.

Take Heart

Here are Anush's creations for the Heart Theme at Artsy Craftsy this month

A earbud heart, some pipe cleaner hearts ( courtesy Shankari), a heart collage.

We are not too sold on Valentines Day so have not highlighted this to her.

Behind the scenes

Anushka talked about the Ramoji Film City in Show and Tell in school. She had preserved the ticket booklet as a souvenir.

There is more demystification of cinema and various other products- thanks to the net, TV channels such as TLC and places such as these. But there is also less romance/ charm as a result.