tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post5333455558045217603..comments2024-02-09T05:30:07.127-05:00Comments on Blogpourri: AjjiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-52333545865529524972013-06-15T09:32:51.883-04:002013-06-15T09:32:51.883-04:00Your Ajji seemed to have made the best of her time...Your Ajji seemed to have made the best of her time with her mental Rolodex ;0)<br /><br />My ajji I used to call affectionately: Sister Lin, a woman with great insight and courage despite being illiterate her whole life.suehttps://twitter.com/suechienleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-46257083971491088072009-10-21T06:33:30.398-04:002009-10-21T06:33:30.398-04:00I hope you have a wonderful trip, Trish, and you g...I hope you have a wonderful trip, Trish, and you guys make some good memories. And thank you.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-34306901710323579802009-10-20T20:27:19.032-04:002009-10-20T20:27:19.032-04:00Oh Sujatha,this is a beautiful tribute..It reminds...Oh Sujatha,this is a beautiful tribute..It reminds me so much of my Aaji.I am looking forward to meeting her in a couple days.Trishhttp://littlediva.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-24338669512315324972009-10-11T15:23:27.746-04:002009-10-11T15:23:27.746-04:00Hi Sujatha,
Here is the link about my Ajj (Gran...Hi Sujatha,<br /> Here is the link about my Ajj (Grandmother).<br /><br />http://suroba.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/aggis-kadai/shobahttp://suroba.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-32666229887924445152009-03-09T01:00:00.000-04:002009-03-09T01:00:00.000-04:00Sujatha, Here's my post about my ammamma with whom...Sujatha, Here's my post about my ammamma with whom I share a special bond... <BR/><BR/>http://ardramaamsandhyakal.blogspot.com/2009/03/some-bonds.html<BR/><BR/>love<BR/>ardraArdrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005169454353807178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-65098013996567697352009-03-05T06:46:00.000-05:002009-03-05T06:46:00.000-05:00I am very sad to know that your Grant parent was d...I am very sad to know that your Grant parent was died.after read your post i am very impressed about your grandmother Mongalsutra.you know Mongalsutra is very trustful thing for Indian women.Although i believe very much.thank you for sharing your post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-59104493396236347262009-03-05T03:24:00.000-05:002009-03-05T03:24:00.000-05:00Frankie, thank you. I realized much after I told y...Frankie, thank you. I realized much after I told you that I'd linked up your post that when you read it, so many things would be unfamiliar. Sigh.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-85940144742027708832009-03-03T20:15:00.000-05:002009-03-03T20:15:00.000-05:00What a lovely tribute to your grandmother. I loved...What a lovely tribute to your grandmother. I loved the story about the mangalasutra, event though I haven't a clue what that is! What matters is that your keen observation of that moment (and so many others) brought her to life.Frankie Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093324566743581868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-21548875067765949032009-02-24T07:44:00.000-05:002009-02-24T07:44:00.000-05:00Ardra, sure! This post will not be closed off to n...Ardra, sure! This post will not be closed off to new links, so please do write about your grandma. And grandfather stories sound very interesting!Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-30846882865828970862009-02-24T03:43:00.000-05:002009-02-24T03:43:00.000-05:00Was reminded of a movie that I saw on Loksabha cha...Was reminded of a movie that I saw on Loksabha channel- weekend clasics- I think the name was 'Moggina jade'- about a little girl who wanted wear the jasmine plait and take a photograph so badly but her mother was not too happy about it, how the grandmother wanted to make one for the granddaughter...<BR/>the grandmother sends the jade to the child which never reaches her until after it is all Ardrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005169454353807178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-46799085592746694012009-02-24T03:37:00.000-05:002009-02-24T03:37:00.000-05:00Suja, I don't want to leave out my grandmother fro...Suja, I don't want to leave out my grandmother from all the other remarkable grandmothers here- do wait for me....Ardrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005169454353807178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-36907564246161160082009-02-24T03:32:00.000-05:002009-02-24T03:32:00.000-05:00Grandparents- I like to remember that there is a l...Grandparents- I like to remember that there is a little bit of them in us...<BR/><BR/> No Grandfather stories ?<BR/>:-(Ardrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005169454353807178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-82659890418872544612008-12-16T07:28:00.000-05:002008-12-16T07:28:00.000-05:00@Chox, I've linked up to your grandmas's story. I ...@Chox, I've linked up to your grandmas's story. I loved it! And to say that our grandmothers were more accepting of life's vagaries is to say that we whine a lot! :) But we do, don't we?<BR/><BR/>@Pradeep, I wonder what memories our grandkids will have of us.<BR/><BR/>@Sumana, thank you for sharing your story. I did not know what alpanas were. Now I know. My grandfather died in 1991 and I feel Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-78606871651513840672008-12-16T04:45:00.000-05:002008-12-16T04:45:00.000-05:00hey, found my way here after ages, but your post i...hey, found my way here after ages, but your post is so evocative that i couldn't go away without commenting, late as it may be. i think that particular generation of women, our grandmothers, were made of a different material. i remember my paternal grandma much as you do yours: she was always in a broad-bordered, usually red, white saree with a big red sindoor bindi on her forehead and a noseringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-23083155112452235812008-12-12T15:25:00.000-05:002008-12-12T15:25:00.000-05:00Hi Sujatha,Coming here after quite a while... How ...Hi Sujatha,<BR/>Coming here after quite a while... How have you been...<BR/>I was just recalling my grandparents. Even I lost them all before 30. The whole ambiance in which they lived was so different. I seems we are today in a different world.<BR/>-- PRADEEPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-39646421951573876182008-12-12T00:01:00.000-05:002008-12-12T00:01:00.000-05:00Suj, loved reading this. Our grandmoms did have an...Suj, loved reading this. Our grandmoms did have an amazing stash of enthusiam and energy - maybe partly because they were less analytical of everything and more accepting of life's vagaries.<BR/><BR/>Me - never had a paternal grandmom - she passed away when my dad was a toddler. So the department was wholly taken over by my maternal grandmom - have done a post on her - sort of, here -<BR/>http://Choxboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741540918529448553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-61599669911664494662008-12-11T23:59:00.000-05:002008-12-11T23:59:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Choxboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741540918529448553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-84996444089692538942008-12-11T22:23:00.000-05:002008-12-11T22:23:00.000-05:00@ Altoid, thanks and happy hols to you too, you lu...@ Altoid, thanks and happy hols to you too, you lucky dog! I would have to agree about the energy part. I would be near dead if I attempted to do all the things my grandma did everyday.<BR/><BR/>@ M, welcome to my blog. It does feel like that, doesn't it, that you can't say the same of the generation that came after? But perhaps our children will have fonder memories of that generation (being as Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-33151123731981283502008-12-11T19:51:00.000-05:002008-12-11T19:51:00.000-05:00Your portrait of your grandmother was quite palpab...Your portrait of your grandmother was quite palpably tender and loving. Despite your lament, I think that you knew her very well indeed, even without 'getting to know her as a person".<BR/><BR/><BR/>S (from F-n-S)Sujathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16602206543960349999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-4569720910649305392008-12-11T19:42:00.000-05:002008-12-11T19:42:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing this. It was beautiful.Thank you for sharing this. It was beautiful.karrvakarelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564711886357771427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-47994786628857611172008-12-11T12:51:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:51:00.000-05:00That was a flying trip to my grandparents home too...That was a flying trip to my grandparents home too....such fond memories and such amazing people. I just lost 2 grandfathers in succession just a year ago...so I was fortunate to have had a great long bonding with a centenarian..Pratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849938760602815322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-3164266563866358422008-12-11T11:59:00.000-05:002008-12-11T11:59:00.000-05:00Sujatha,that was beautiful. brought back memories ...Sujatha,<BR/><BR/>that was beautiful. brought back memories of my grandmothers as well, both of whom led lives similar to your Ajji's. <BR/><BR/>Something I always wonder, so many people of my (our?) generation think of their grandmothers as strong women, which they were, especially mentally strong. Has that kind of resilience really dropped in the next generation? I can't really apply that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-71135908606940453362008-12-11T08:25:00.000-05:002008-12-11T08:25:00.000-05:00Loved this post Suj. It was dreamy like a Malgudi ...Loved this post Suj. It was dreamy like a Malgudi days story. All I have left now is a maternal grandmother. That generation definitely had a stash of mental and physical strength that could give us a run for our money. <BR/><BR/>Happy Hols and lots of hugs :)<BR/><BR/>-altoidAltoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905810697784377192noreply@blogger.com