Why man-made?

While reading Chapter 1 of her Computer Book which says 'Machines are man-made things'.

Mishti - Mamma what is man-made?

Me - The things which are made by human beings.

Mishti - But it says 'man-made' means things which boys made?

Me - No the term is just 'man-made'. It means both boys and girls.

Mishti - But Man means Boy no Mamma??

Me- ummm... ya but here it means both..

Mishti is still not convinced.... Anybody who has an answer to this??

Mishti's reaction on Kamala Suraiyya's poem.

16th May 2016
3:00 PM

Mishti came back from school and told all the stories of the day and as a ritual I had to tell mine too.
I asked her if she would like to hear about the poetess of India from the article that we did today on TBI- Hindi.

Mishti : I know Mamma ...it's Rabindranath Tagore.

Me : That's only one... we have many..

Mishti : okay tell me..

This was the article - http://hindi.thebetterindia.com/1854/women-poets-india-list-poetry/

The first name was Kamala Suraiyya and I started reciting her poem...

“Don’t write in English,they said,
English is Not your mother-tongue.

Why not leave Me alone, critics, friends, visiting cousins,
Every one of you?

Why not let me speak inAny language I like?

The language I speak,Becomes mine, its distortions, its queernesses

All mine, mine alone.”
–  from An Introduction, Kamala Das.

Mishti - Why did people ask her not to write in English?

Me- Because her mother tongue was Malayalam.

After 10 minutes of explanation on what Malayalam is or why one was supposed to write in her/his own mother tongue...

Mishti : Ya we can write in any language we like... like you are Bengali but you write in English and Hindi :)

Paani waste nahi karna chahiye.

6:00 PM
Mishti's friends Mahika and Saanvi are on the door...

" Aunty Sidhiksha hai"..

Mishti : Mamma can I go to the park with them.

Me: Yes...take your water bottle along.

Mahika : Aunty aap usko itni choti si bottle kyun dete ho?

Me: Kyunki park me use itna hi pani chahiye hota hai beta :)

Mishti : Haan aur paani waste nahi karna chahiye. Paani kitna kam hai na.

Saanvi : Tere ghar me paani kam hai.

Mishti : Aray mere ghar me nahi...village me..village me logo ko peene ko bhi paani nahi hai. Bahut door jana padta hai unko paani laane.

Favourite part of the computer!

6th May 2016
12:44 PM

No context....no background... just out of the blue comes a question. (And this is so normal)

Mishti : Mamma which part of the computer do you like the most?

Me: The Monitor

Mishti : Why

Me: Because we can see everything on the monitor :)

Me: Which part do you like the most?

Mishti : The Keyboard

Me: Why?

Mishti : Because you can write anything you want from the keyboard :D

Me: hmmmm... deep!! Very very deep!!!

What we cannot buy with money!

On the final Parents teacher meet of Mishti's school in chennai, all the parents were given the report cards, the test papers and the class photograph. Mishti's class teacher- Muthu Miss asked me to check everything and also said that she wants to talk to me once the meeting is done, so I need not leave.

Muthu Miss was one of those Chennaites, who was brought up in Maharashtra and hence we shared a sspecial connection. She often spoke to me in hindi or Marathi about how nice Maharashtra is and how she misses speaking in hindi here. I thought as this was our last meeting, she might be looking forward for another long talk. 

Mishti was already excited to see all her friends in a single photo and started playing the game of finding out who's Azma and who is Afsa among the twin sisters in her class.

I was enjoying the game and hence ignored the report card or the test papers.

When everyone was gone, Muthu Miss came back and asked if I had gone through the test papers. I was a little ashamed about my ignorance towards those important papers and said that I was about to check them.

Muthu Miss : Ma'am did you see her G.K paper?

Me: No....sorry..did she make too many mistakes?

Muthu Miss: No Ma'am she has done extremely well lIke always but check the last page.

I checked the last page and everything was ticked correct. So I could'nt get her point

.

Muthu Miss : Ma'am  ..on this page we had given them some questions which were not taught to them. They had to answer them as they wished. Now please look at the last question and Sidhiksha's answer.

The question was :

Q- What we can not buy with money?

Answer    -  Mamma.         

I was speechless.just lIke I am right now :)

Last Day of Pre-School

Last Day of Pre-School

31st March 2016

1:05 PM

ABC Montessori Pre-School, Chennai

It was Mishti's farewell at her pre-school. While all the teachers (including the strict principal) had tears in their eyes...the kids came out laughing and giggling :)

Me: Mishti it was your last day of School.

Mishti : Yes Mamma

Me: Did you enjoy today?

Mishti: Yes so much .. you know Sudha Miss got Biryani and Gulab jamun... Muthu Miss got something small -small round shaped... I don't know what is it called...and we made nimbu pani also.... and when we were dancing no... Asma and Afsa were laughing... ha ha ha...

Me: (sad) it was your last day here betu...u won't be able to meet Namrata, Shailaja, Asma, Afsa and Avinesh again :(

Mishti: Ya... But I will always remember them Mamma :)

8th March - Mamma's day!

8th March 2016
1:10 PM

Mishti just after coming back from school..

Mishti : Mamma is it Mother's day today?

Me: yes ..errr no it's Women's day betu.

Mishti: Ok

Mishti starts drawing...

Me: Mishti change your school dress first..

Mishti : Wait Mamma ... I want to draw this first.

After a while...

Mishti (with the card in her hand): Happy Mamma's day Mamma.

Me: Awwww thank you babu... but it's Women's day... I told you...

Mishti: But you are Mamma na...

Me: ha ha ha ...ok :D