Rumble of Thoughts

Morning Glory

2025-10-13T12:10:00.000+03:00

Was able to make a week long getaway to Thailand. Flying initially into Phuket gave me a warm feeling of welcome since it felt like Kerala. Roads flanked with rubber trees, mountains and almost the same vegetation too. At times it felt like driving through the KK (Kottayam-Kumili) road. Of course, the Thai roads are wider, cleaner and well maintained. Am not sure why I cannot just be a

Gender Gap / Gender Inequality

2025-09-24T12:19:00.000+03:00

Now that Americans too have started ‘reforming’ India due to the targeted global hatred towards Indians, an American tweet got me thinking again about gender, something I've written about often on this blog. Rumble of Thoughts: Gender Inequality I’m sure no one is reading, but at least I can now see how much India has progressed since I began writing in 2007.So where does India stand now? (

Womanly woes

2025-04-22T11:42:00.001+03:00

Recently, while learning about another health issue affecting women of all ages out here—bone spurs—I wondered if one could only know how to prevent these conditions. While growing up one heard only about heart condition or diabetes (cancer too but rarely those days), maybe because men speak openly about their health issues. It is only now that even Menopause is getting the attention it deserves.

Plants

2025-02-18T11:32:00.000+03:00

Have been trying to grow plants in Kuwait from the time I landed here. The ones that are successful are the ones that need least maintenance. Watering them during vacations needed much planning though. So, what are the plants that are easy to maintain indoors as per ChatGPT? 🌿 Snake Plant (Sansevieria) – Super tough, barely needs water, and thrives in low light. Plus, it’s a great air

Crossing the desert

2024-10-31T09:21:00.000+03:00

Winter is back again in Kuwait and it takes me back to the trip we made during the end of last winter.A road trip through GCC countries had been in our bucket list since long and then KSA opened up and we grabbed the chance. We watched YouTube videos and read whatever google offered. Hubby took the Saudi tourist visa before we could change our minds. It was our first border crossing by road and

Our world

2024-09-29T13:04:00.000+03:00

There goes 2024 too, since it will soon be October!!Was going through my blog and realized that I have posted at least once each year since the start of this blog. I do not want to break at least this.Wars are rumbling around, and the world seems to not have changed an iota even after technology advanced. Imagine if all this tech is used only to give ease and happiness to humans instead of death

Milestones

2023-12-28T08:55:00.000+03:00

Our life is measured by milestones and the majority of us cannot escape it's hold on us. When we are born, our parents count the milestones. Our first word, first steps, and it goes on until one is put in school. And from there, we take over the counting. As children, all we ever wanted to do want was play. I can still remember the excitement and the anticipation that one had when the time came

Letting go

2023-09-17T10:50:00.000+03:00

My mind is foggy these days. It takes a long time to recall names of places and people. Maybe I should blame it on Covid or vaccines? There are so many blame games going on these days and it is hard to catch up with it all. And even if you catch up with it, the next one comes up. Is the world spinning faster for the young too or just for folks like me?It is going to be one year since my Mother

Memories

2022-02-17T09:12:00.002+03:00

Realized it is more than a year since I wrote on these pages. Twitter stopped me from writing and now Netflix from reading. Yes.. silly justifications. But we are all human and prone to temptations and the real reason I am on these pages is something different. I forgot our wedding anniversary and realized that my mind is full and needs to be emptied.There are two Asha's in my college whatsapp

My Mother..

2021-01-27T10:47:00.004+03:00

Today it is my mother's birthday... She is not her old self due to ill health and seldom speaks. She has always been an avid reader and this is the only habit which she has retained. Am sure it is reading which still keeps her alive... a few words to my dearest mother...Happy birthday dearest...Hope you remember the good old times you created for each one of us...Hope you remember the time

2020

2020-08-27T13:49:00.001+03:00

What is there to write about 2020? How is 2020 going to be remembered? It is one year that changed everything, everyone. 2020 changed the world. For many Corona may have taken away a loved one but for my family we lost a loved one but not to corona. It was totally unexpected and all of us are yet to come to terms with it. This year took away my younger sister's husband. He was in

Ayodyha

2019-11-10T13:00:00.000+03:00

Let me begin my thoughts by reaffirming that demolishing Babri Masjid was wrong especially in a secular and democratic nation like India. Those who did it ought to be punished so that such acts are not repeated. Yesterday the Indian supreme court gave the verdict on the centuries old Ayodhya dispute. The timeline for the dispute is as follows: - 1528: Babri Masjid built by Mir Baqi, commander

Kashmir

2019-10-10T11:32:00.002+03:00

If there is heaven on earth they say it is in Kashmir. Maybe it is because of this that everyone is fighting for this piece of land. History tells us that Kashmir was once ruled by a king who sought help from newly independent India in order to avoid being invaded by Pakistan. While India tried to win the hearts of Kashmir by giving it a special status and by pouring more money that

Those beautiful places on earth

2019-10-03T11:53:00.002+03:00

A tweet took me back to Peerumade and the one day trip that we made to that place. Just like Munnar and Ooty, even Peerumade and Kuttikanam have changed. Since the tea estates no longer seems to be viable much land has been sold (illegally one presumes) and many cottages and buildings have sprung up. More educational institutions too have been built since the climate is good and it is far away

Marriageable age

2019-10-02T14:51:00.002+03:00

This vacation I realized that one can no longer ignore the fact my daughter is of marriageable age. She is now working and people have started to ask us if we are looking out for her. The society has fixed certain age for the same and many fall into it. Daughter says she wants to work and make some money before she gets married while we are not in a hurry too. I mean what more can a mother ask

Panchalimedu.

2019-07-03T09:06:00.001+03:00

My Father and me have this daily sojourn early in the morning while I am preparing breakfast plus lunch while he would be on the lookout for the fish vendor or reading newspaper. Of course over the phone. Today he told me needs to write something and I am like.. what? I am the writer out here! Anyway, told him he should write but can he pacify this curious cat? It is nothing special but

Paradeshi or a wanderer...

2019-07-02T08:49:00.002+03:00

We are all paradeshikals or wanderers. Am yet to meet someone who has stayed put in one place all his/her life. For instance, my parents stayed at more than four places before they retired and built their house which they can now call their home for real. I stayed at two places until my 10th and then after my parents retired the home that I grew up was no longer my home. Later I moved to

And time flies....

2019-06-26T09:42:00.000+03:00

Landed on this page accidently and thought why not jot a few lines. Am sure just like me those who followed me too have abandoned this blog :). Daughter is back with us and has now joined as a trainee. She comes home tired and the other day heard her asking her father how I manage my cooking after work. Am sure she never realized it until now. Even I was just like her at her age and was much

Peerumade

2018-12-17T10:34:00.000+03:00

Another December and today my mind left Kuwait and went to Peerumade. The weather out here is just like how it would have been at Peerumade. Chilly but not very cold. But it is the howling wind that distinguished Peerumade from the rest of the high ranges that I have experienced. When the howling started our hearts felt light since Christmas and holidays were not far away. The air would be

The Kerala Flood

2018-10-14T12:11:00.001+03:00

Wanted to put this down somewhere and then left it but each time we go on a search for a new car I remember the flood. We lost our car or it got burnt after the recent flood. It was a 10 year old car but gave us no trouble and took us to many places. Son wants a sedan while hubby wants something with a higher ground clearance. Son missed the flood while we faced it and lost our trust in the

How easy it is to divide..

2018-01-31T15:39:00.001+03:00

Yesterday was the 70th death anniversary of Gandhiji, the father of my nation. It was on January 30th 1948 that Gandhiji was killed by Nathuram Godse. Godse must have killled Gandhii because he did not like the idea of ahimsa. Although one associates Indian independence with Gandhiji’s ahimsa, I think this nation was born out of the blood of innocents and it was not only the blood of

Heal the world

2017-10-12T14:53:00.001+03:00

Songs are always a source of comfort and music is a universally accepted media too. I think most of us were influenced during our growing up years by a few of them when it got stuck in our heads. If earlier music had to be played loud to be enjoyed, the present generation hears it privately with the ear phones glued to their ears. What are they hearing? Do they hear

Our feline friends

2017-08-08T14:51:00.002+03:00

Just thought I shall save the photos of our feline friends that I took on my mobile. They came into our lives and eventually left/died but gave us great happiness during their short stay. The mother who feeds them all... Perfect harmony Brotherly love, if only for a season..the little fellow eventually drove the big fellow away.. Cats hug their little

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

2017-02-16T11:01:00.001+03:00

Came upon this book two decades late I think. Even though the setting is more than a century old, the writings are still relevant, if you can close your eyes to the social set up during the age. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The path isn’t the shortest way to the top, but it’s usually the safest

The Omnipresent Indians

2017-02-12T14:26:00.001+03:00

Yes..they are everywhere! Recently a tweet from Sushma Swaraj made me look up Togo, one of Africa’s smallest country. She tweeted: The crew, who are employees of a Merchant Navy firm, had set sail for South Africa on October, 2013 from Mumbai. While returning in the month of July, 2014, theirship got stranded in Nigeria and the entire crew was arrested for violating