That misty morning…

I woke up from a dream, into a dream…

Eyes opening to the soft touch of the first light , the windows beckoned me, promising a sight so rare … I stepped out of the door,into the cool embrace of the heavy mist. There was but just one color… the world was orange around me!

The orange world as the day began

The lazy morning laid her misty mantle over the endless lake. There was no beginning…. no end … the earth had merged with the sky…

The lamps fell asleep …. with the rising sun … Leaving dew drops  from the night

As I walked along the shoulder of the waters , something other than the cold gave me shivers…. the silence mystified me . There was peace … all around…. I got goosebumps…

The cold, the mist, the silence and me

I wished to freeze in time…. to hold on to the moment… I was so in love. The slanting rays kissed the waters, scattering millions of diamonds on it ….

I got on the dock of the boat and sat down , hanging and swaying my feet as I breathed in the beauty, the calm of the surrounding….  I could now see the vague edges of the lake, the mist was slowly clearing up….

Eyeing the rising sun… from the dock

I gazed into the water below my feet…. I saw a happy girl, swinging her feet , humming a familiar tune…. Her eyes twinkled, shining to the rising sun, enjoying her secret moment before the world wakes up around her, that misty morning….

Cheers to the Three years!

As we complete three years of our wedded life, three wonderful years of loving , fighting and making-up, three years of knowing and understanding each other , I would like to say 'Thanks'!

Thanks for being there for me and with me whenever I needed you...

Thanks for putting up with me and even my sporadic irrational outbursts...

Thanks for dreaming with me and making them come true...

Thanks for being my partner-in-crime...

Thanks for giving me your love...

Thanks for the best gift ever - Zoey...

Thanks for not being perfect, but being perfect for me ...

Thanks for being such a wonderful, supportive husband to me and such an amazing Father to our princess .... I love you!

Reminiscing our married years ....

Wedding Day '2010

First Anniversary - Got a message in a bottle on the shore '2011

Second Anniversary - Celebrated with both sets of parents in USA '2012

Third Anniversary -  Zoey came into our lives '2013

Looking forward to a lifetime of togetherness and love ... Cheers to us on our third anniversary !!

To my baby ...

From the moment you came , my life changed forever. When I first heard your beating heart , my own heart skipped a couple beats .... It was the most amazing sound in the world ... I realized there was another life in me and I was not the regular human anymore as I have always known myself to be ...

I was a new person .... Or maybe it was just you ...

Hitherto unknown feelings overwhelmed me... the colours of autumn were embracing me with a beautiful promise of life .... seasons were changing courses just to make me smile .... oh , and did i tell you, we had a white christmas here in Texas, probably giving in to my longing for some white miracle ..... :)

There came the day when we saw you the first time, and after that every day was a countdown till I got to see you again ... I missed you all the days in between , imagined how you must be feeling , dreamt about you ... 

And then really soon you replied back to me... I felt you move ... I am sure you are pretty strong , or maybe I was just too much in tune with you  ... I could say it was you and after that I eagerly kept looking forward to the next time :) . Each of your move , every touch brings a smile on my lips . I have probably looked like a moron smiling all by myself all these days, but like always, I didn't care ;)!

You have been my most delicious secret, unknown to the whole world , just mine to feel :)... Slowly you got stronger and we could feel you kick and move and hiccup.... I talked and sang to you and you started responding back to me ... Those have probably been my most precious moments (although every moment seemed more amazing than the other !! ) .

Sleepyhead that you are , at times you would just doze off for a long time and I would need to wake you up .... We would talk and sing again with each other ... And at night you would be so full of energy that Baba would have to pat you back to sleep. 

One night, in my dreams, you revealed the blue - pink mystery .... 4 days before the doctor let us know :) !!!

You have surprised me with pleasures and have been a witness to all my silent moments ... You have seen me smile, laugh and cry with some unknown, unconfined and uncontrolled happiness .... You have been the best baby ever , and I know you will fight your way out of all obstacles !

Now that the time has come for me to let you go, I am looking around to buy some more time for us .... I still don't feel I am ready to share you with the world , want you to be just mine for a little while more .... Keep you warm and safe in me ....

But I know you are ready and its time you came out of my imaginations... and into my arms :) ...

To all Mothers...

The first whooshes on a doppler, those hazy crazy ultrasound lines, the first gentle nudge, the first look into those eyes , the first time you hold a life in your hands or be accountable for one..... to love , to nourish and to protect no matter what ..... I suppose a mother is born.

While many mothers have the advantage of knowing their baby almost 9 months more that any other person in the world, the ones who don't , sure find their own ways to make up for that. A mother is proud of her baby, whether it be an academic excellence or the fact that it fought and survived a fatal condition. A mother is protective of her ward, at times( as it seems to us other mortals) bordering on paranoia.

She loves her child, with everything, even her life and sanity. She balances her love , just like a cat holds its kitten's neck to move it around ... firm enough to not drop it, yet soft enough not to strangle the little one.

But I suppose at some point, she always knows she has to let go of her little one. She has to let it go and be a person of the world, belong to the world , make its own mistakes and learn from them. She has to let it go, to grow and live its own life. And even when she does all this, she knows her baby, just knows.   

A Mother is so many things that words would always fall short and on this Mothers' day, I salute all the mothers in this world. The mothers who carried their baby for 9 months, the mothers who adopted a little one into her home, the mothers who bestowed their love on their sons-in-law or daughters-in-law and all those women who 'mothered' another child as their own , this world is what it is because of you.

As William Ross Wallace said ...

                All true trophies of the ages 

                         Are from mother-love impearled, 

                For the hand that rocks the cradle 

                         Is the hand that rules the world.

Happy Mothers' Day!!!

Crazy Lamhe !

One of those crazy moments when we stop parallel to each other on a traffic crossroad, hoping for our side of the signal to go Green first and making faces at each other as soon as our eyes meet :) ...

We try to win - the 'who makes the weirdest face first' and 'whose signal turns green first' contests ! Although no one really loses the first one, seeing my light turn green surely brings out a winning smile and a belly laugh as I zoom away, parting ways but looking forward to a lovely day...

Some might say its childish, but I respect and love the little child within all of us. In a world of rat races , break-neck ambitions and a hurry to grow-up, this kid gives us a break and makes us do stuff we would never get too old to do.

Happy are those who can keep the kid in them alive and today,on Holi , I wish everyone gets to take a break and relish in the spirit of fun and love that the festival brings!!

Some crazy lamhe from last year ... Holi Hai :) !!!

The day of love

It has been a while since you came into my life,

Although just yesterday,it seems,

Two young innocent souls we were

Blissfully ignorant of the universe' schemes.

Years passed and I found
A very dependable friend
And it certainly looked from every side that,
The universe was at its wit's end,
To bring us together,
To kindle the light,
And the flying dwarf struck the arrow
Finally, to all's delight!

Those were the crazy, filmy lovestruck days
Butterflies in my tummy, speeding hearts, skipping beats

And then I grew up, hand in hand with you
Every day an adventure , every dream coming true

I saw and loved a new you, with each day that went
Whatever the time came,you never let go of my hand

It's been a while since you came into my life,
But to this day it all is true
You are still my breath of fresh air
I smile everytime I see you.
You complete my lines even before i speak them
And I think your thoughts at the same time you would,
And that does make us feel, perhaps,
We know each other a bit too much for our own good!

I just know , we keep growing old,
Like an exotic bottle of wine,
I love my task of loving you
And I hope it keeps getting better with time.

                                   - with love, Piu.

A very special year .... 2012.

I took a year long hiatus, till I realized that my blog defines me as much as I define it.

When I started this blog, a dear cousin of mine told me, 'the main challenge is to keep it coming'. That sure turned out to be true.

The year 2012 was packed with incidents and memorable moments to be captured, so packed , in fact , that I couldn't steal a few to pen those down (That's my excuse!).
So finally I thought, even if the new year 2013 is a month and a half old, I should still capture the beautiful year that the previous one was.


The year began with a New Year blast and our very own catena of Indian festivals. Makar Sankranti brought the pithe and sweets with it while Holi painted our lives with its own colours. The Bengali New Year was celebrated with equal candor and fun.Fulfilling one of our wishes ,we added a shiny silver Chrysler Sebring Convertible to our family :)! I made an official trip to Columbus,Georgia in the Feb, leaving RS free for a well-timed Mardi Gras celebration with his guys !



A lot of planning and 4 months into the year, we shifted to our new apartment in preparation for the highlight of the year - our parents' trip to USA! The action started in April and we had a complete fun filled 6 months thereafter with our 2 Moms and 2 Dads. We were able to show them a lot of the country - the east coast, west coast, texas and oh yeah - Vegas!! We celebrated all the three anniversaries, Mothers' and Fathers' days.They got a taste of the very essence of our lives here , little things like long drives, on-the-road planning, strenous long trips, lots of shopping,different cuisines, different driving rules, the varied scenary, and the freedom to feel free. The happiness, their smiles and the excitement in their eyes was all and more than anything we could ask for. We were finally able to make this particular dream of ours, come true.

September saw our parents heading back to India and to lift our spirits, October brought us Durga Puja. Like every year the Goddess and her kids paid us a grand visit and blessed us with happiness. The year ended with a lovely all-snowed-white-Christmas surprise :) !

After a rocking, thrilling, adventurous and surprising year we pulled up our socks to welcome the new year with renewed vigor, new hopes and expectations!
Welcome 2013!!