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Biji, My Grandmother




While chopping ginger for my black tea this morning I also chopped off a bit of my nail. The wedding magazines would have me off any kitchen work or house work when my wedding’s just 10 days away, but what’s a girl to do if she wants ginger tea.

As I stood there looking at the stub of my nail, wondering if it would grow back in time for the wedding, I remembered my grandmother. In her time, a prospective mother in law would inspect the girl’s hands for kitchen cuts. Immaculate hands in a prospective bride would give away her inexperience in the kitchen.

Biji, my grandmother - the wonderful, generous, matriarch! So much of who I am is because of her. What would I be without her? She was my primary care giver as I was growing up. While her hands (which had accumulated decades of kitchen cuts) fed me bite-fuls of her delectable cooking, her stories were the food that nourished my hungry soul. When my life seems foggy her shining example serves as the lighthouse guiding me home. Her purity and lightness of being defy her age. Her lofty ideals transport me straight to Satyug. She is truly sat-sang.

At the Mata’s Kirtan she sang bhajans and wedding songs to her heart’s content because her age and frailty won’t allow her to travel to Mumbai to participate in the wedding. I can’t believe she will miss the ceremony. I wonder if it will be the same without her.






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  1. Highways Man says

    Long live ur Grand ma, Nice Expression…….

  2. sunshine says

    I think this brahma who commented below deserves a kick in his assss. Good post this one and i loved reading it. Take Care and be divinely radiant in your marriage.

  3. slipperyways says

    god bless your grandmother …….

  4. pank jais says

    Oh!! sorry mistakely dropped by me :(

  5. pank jais says

    Wish u very happy married life buddy and its a common thing so lets enjoy…….. because same things are happening at other side :)

  6. virendra kumar says

    Hello everybody…,
    who are you…?

  7. brahma says

    yes vishna I know about blogs and social site very well. Blog is short for Web log. Blogs are publicly available web pages, so wen it is publically avialable it will become part of social sites.
    and dear vishna I really apologise, if I heart you. As comments are open, ppls will comment. so be ready for that. if you can”t handle the comments and start saying like “id10t” please keep your blogs with you don”t post it.

    thank you.

  8. vishna says

    brahma, do you know difference between social sites and blogs? do you even know what a blog is? why don”t you stop making junk comments for a change? id10t.

  9. brahma says

    what junk your writing, please keep these type of junks with don”t post in social sites.