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		<title>What is your thing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mixing a bowl of Cheerios bright and early this morning before the girls got ready for daycare, I sat them in their high chairs and turned the TV on. Little Bill was playing and as I fed the kids, I was drawn into the simple tale of a boy trying to find this &#8216;thing&#8217;. He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2533&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The birth of a father</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laksh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoying a rare hour of solitude this Sunday evening, I pushed back on the recliner and logged in to work mentally rueing the fact that the ability to get to work on a Sunday now feels like relaxation. Before I knew it, the hour was up and I hear the garage rattle its way open [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2529&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The place of understanding</title>
		<link>http://lakshmusings.com/2010/08/27/the-place-of-understanding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phone cradled between my ear and neck, I stirred a creamy concoction of butter, milk and cheese all the while listening to a broken soul on the other end. My chitappa, voice breaking, was trying to make sense of the loss in his life. As I held on even if just in silence I realized [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2527&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons learnt&#8230; so far.</title>
		<link>http://lakshmusings.com/2010/08/26/lessons-learnt-so-far/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laksh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little over a week since the girls started daycare. Reviewing the past ten days, this is what I have learned. Jotting it down here as a record for posterity. 1. Kutties have figured out that this is for the long haul and their faces change as soon as they see the school building. 2. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2523&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The woman who was a child</title>
		<link>http://lakshmusings.com/2010/08/24/the-woman-who-was-a-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laksh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember her first as a bride, milk white next to my rather dark chitappa. I was in fourth grade then. The competition was fierce to vie for her affections amidst a brood of siblings and cousins. Snatches of images crowd my brain. Her in a six yards saree when my mom and other chithi [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2517&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quantifying parenthood!</title>
		<link>http://lakshmusings.com/2010/08/22/quantifying-parenthood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laksh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pre Kay and Cee, weekends looked like this: 8:30 &#8211; 9:00 &#8211; Wake up possibly 9:30 &#8211; 1:00 &#8211; Cook and eat if in the mood else go out 1:00 &#8211; 6:30 &#8211; Kill time (TV/Books/MBA) 6:30 &#8211; 10:00 &#8211; Browse, eat, call up friends 10:00 &#8211; 11:00 &#8211; Try to sleep Post Kay and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2515&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wish I had known you&#8230; then!</title>
		<link>http://lakshmusings.com/2010/08/19/wish-i-had-known-you-then/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laksh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indulging in a FB fix (Yes! I caved!) one evening, I was going through statuses and even more importantly comments to statuses nodding my head in disbelief and sending me years back in thoughts. Sometimes you go to school or are part of a group of people you know superficially. You slot people based on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2513&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Notes to myself</title>
		<link>http://lakshmusings.com/2010/08/17/notes-to-myself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laksh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is more of a diary like entry for me so Kay and Cee can someday read back and know how their first day at school/daycare was. The day leading to and day of joining was almost like Deepavali. I had their new clothes laid out and ready to wear the following day right down [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2509&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letters to my daughters: First day of school</title>
		<link>http://lakshmusings.com/2010/08/16/letters-to-my-daughters-first-day-of-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laksh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dearest Kay and Cee, It&#8217;s just past noon today. A good two and half hours since Appa and I dropped you off at your school/daycare. I sit picking at my lunch and wondering if they changed your diaper. If you have been fed. If you are happy. If you are looking for paati or us. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2505&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Falling in love</title>
		<link>http://lakshmusings.com/2010/08/14/falling-in-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laksh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staring at the Facebook page, deep in thought, looking for material for a paper due in a couple of weeks, I saw the reds flash on the baby monitor followed by wails from Cee. Closing the monitor in a hurry, I jumped off the couch and bounded up the stairs to pick her before her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakshmusings.com&blog=2088906&post=2503&subd=lakshmusings&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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