Spicy Rasam

Not a cooking or food blog! I just share what's cooking in my mind.

A friend of mine once told me that grief comes in waves. I pretended to understand and nodded away. You never truly understand grief until you’ve experienced it right? My mom recently passed away because of chronic ILD. She was 72 years old. Yesterday, before I started to make lunch, I took my phone, connected …

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I witnessed a very candid, wonderful and rare banter in my afternoon local train travels. It was not crowded, and I got a place to sit. Woman 1: “…. And you just decided that you are not going to have a baby?” Woman 2: Yes. Woman 1: “WOW! I have never heard something so idiotic. …

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We used to own a teak wood dining table. It was strong. I remember us using it to clean ceiling fans, roofs, just dance around when mom was at work 😊. This dining table was with us for a good 25+ years. My dad had bought it before he got married and it was with …

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