tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post4456766163004490818..comments2024-03-27T03:24:28.935-07:00Comments on Woman in Progress: Yashodhara's Personal Blog: SMS from GrandmaYashodharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14106039654401909233noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-25604058139662113492008-02-07T09:14:00.000-08:002008-02-07T09:14:00.000-08:00OMG. what a cute post! I am so glad you blogged ab...OMG. what a cute post! I am so glad you blogged about it.. now you will never loose em. And she looks so beautiful in the picture!Savanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781198953037866788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-8693066641403894552008-02-07T05:56:00.000-08:002008-02-07T05:56:00.000-08:00oh!! That was the sweetest post I have ever read. ...oh!! That was the sweetest post I have ever read. How precious are these words! How much you will always savour it! I loved seeing her picture. It just gave me happiness looking at it. And please please please don't share this post with her. We need to see more of these priceless SMSs!!Tharinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553983156612215920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-20821511062445489692007-09-18T05:07:00.000-07:002007-09-18T05:07:00.000-07:00dear didu... she's the sweetestdear didu... she's the sweetestAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198219982419723220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-24362161772356855512007-09-16T23:57:00.000-07:002007-09-16T23:57:00.000-07:00dear all - she is lovely, isn't she?and mash - not...dear all - she is lovely, isn't she?<BR/><BR/>and mash - not at all - those stories are priceless gems...babu..ha ha ha...Yashodharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106039654401909233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-57629453785361632902007-09-15T14:35:00.000-07:002007-09-15T14:35:00.000-07:00Sorry, sorry, I got carried away back there. Hadn'...Sorry, sorry, I got carried away back there. Hadn't realized how long it had gotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-898773099449693412007-09-15T14:32:00.000-07:002007-09-15T14:32:00.000-07:00A whole post dedicated to my Mozer!And she looks s...A whole post dedicated to my Mozer!<BR/><BR/>And she looks so beautiful - she's a gorgeous looker, we know, but look at that wonder on her face!<BR/><BR/>Oh, yes, her essemessess can be SO confusing. Here's the last one I got - <BR/>"So expensive but a waste when cant talk Will send weekly sms Feel ur loving arms around only bring more tear$ but sothing D eat fruits h orlicks salty n sweet"<BR/><BR/>Quite an achievement, eh? And thank God for the capitals that mark each new thought / sentence, for there's a WHOLE LOT in this message:<BR/><BR/>Obviously, first she's saying how expensive it is to phone, perhaps telling me not to waste my money. Dreaded but all the same very welcome weekly sms ess to follow.<BR/><BR/>She's missing Mamu, especially with his anniversary coming up, ... my arms (flapping around and about? Hit her in the face, perhaps...) both make her cry and soth her. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Lastly, Daddy, of whom she had been complaining that he would hardly eat anything was now drinking Horlicks with salt and sugar. (Yukk!)<BR/><BR/>I think I shall start saving Ma's sms ess. Too bad I've already deleted some gems. Some day, I shall publish a compilation. It could get to be like the anecdotes we have of the Hindi she speaks. Here's a specimen:<BR/><BR/>Grass-cutters come to our door, asking for water. As Ma gives it to them, they ask, "Aapka Babu nahin hai?" (Your husband isn't with you?)<BR/><BR/>We'd just lost our help and were looking for one, so Mapy goes, woe-begonely, "Nahi, mere paas babu nahin hai. Mere ko ek babu laa ke do, na!"<BR/><BR/>Obviously, she wasn't asking them to get her a husband!! Perish the thought! What she meant was, No, I don't have a servant. Do get me one!<BR/><BR/>But those grass-cutters had that sick look on their face as they left ...<BR/><BR/>And don't worry, she implores God to save us all. At first I used to think it was on the lines of 'God save the Queen', but now I rather think it's just her translation of the Bengali, Bhogobaan o-or rakkha koruk, and just used 'save' instead of 'protect'.<BR/><BR/>My sweet, beautiful, gentle Mapy. I love her so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-36096482633102002252007-09-13T10:12:00.000-07:002007-09-13T10:12:00.000-07:00Wow- hope to be so hep when I'm a GGM! ( not even ...Wow- hope to be so hep when I'm a GGM! ( not even a gm yet, though my husband is majorly wannabe g'pa)<BR/>She's so beautiful- WOW!dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-77588410088927101392007-09-13T09:24:00.000-07:002007-09-13T09:24:00.000-07:00Wow, she's such a darling and so adaptable! SMSing...Wow, she's such a darling and so adaptable! SMSing in such cryptic language at 80! I am ... awed! (Actually even I can't do that! :P)<BR/><BR/>so utterly butterly cute. Okay.. that line seems to be becoming my trademark.Sukhalokahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839282055547314024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-3673976815544277862007-09-13T07:32:00.000-07:002007-09-13T07:32:00.000-07:00That's just darling! You are very, very lucky.My o...That's just darling! You are very, very lucky.<BR/><BR/>My own grandma is almost completely deaf now so I can't talk to her on the phone any more. I miss chatting with her....<BR/><BR/>Btw, have done your quirk tag.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07112924346592375925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250039209664261527.post-58486938639465010542007-09-13T06:28:00.000-07:002007-09-13T06:28:00.000-07:00Awww..your Didu is so adorable!!!Awww..your Didu is so adorable!!!~nmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483363042572158612noreply@blogger.com