Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Scotch!

14 December 2016
6:38 PM

As usual out of the blue..here comes a question..

Mishti - Mamma you want butter or do you want Scotch? 😊

Me (All puzzled that where did she hear about scotch) - SCOTCH 😶

Mishti - Yes ButterScotch.... So you want the butter or the scotch 😊

Me - Ohhh okay.... That scotch 😝

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Dhanak (The Rainbow)

Mishti and I were watching 'Dhanak' today. The film was based on a small visually impaired boy, Chotu and his sister, Pari. Pari spots a poster of the actor Shahrukh Khan in which he promotes Eye donation.

Pari also comes to know that Shahrukh is in Jaisalmer for the shooting of one of his upcoming movies.

In the hope that Shahrukh will help his brother get back his eyesight, she heads towards Jaisalmer along with his brother.

On the way people are curious to know why these two little kids are walking all the way to Jaisalmer. And when the kids tell them that they are going to meet Shahrukh Khan, each one of them finds it funny.

Mishti - Mamma... Why do they laugh when Chotu says that they are going to meet Shahrukh Khan?

Me - Because Shahrukh Khan is an actor no...

Mishti - So??

Me - So .... Ummm...

Mishti - Kids cannot meet actors??

Sometimes we need kids to remind us that we all are humans and no one is superior or inferior just because of the kind of profession they are into :)

Friday, September 23, 2016

मिष्टी हिंदी पढ़ने लगी।

जिसे हिंदी पढ़ना पसंद हो, ऐसी माँ के लिए वो गर्व का क्षण होता है जब...

मैं - Mishti could you please get me my book from the bedroom

मिष्टी - which one... " मेरे मंच की सरगम"?

:)

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Solution on Cauvery!

Was looking at the present pictures of Bangalore, when Mishti asked...

"Mamma who burnt this bus"

I just said.. "some bad people"

Mishti - British people??

With a sigh, I said.. "No betu... Indians!!"

Later she asked why they did so and I told her that they are fighting over the water of a river..

Mishti - So they can imagine that there is a line in between and share half half...right??

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

King Of The Jungle!

Just before going to bed...just out of the blue...

Mishti - Mamma Lion eats other animals?

Me - Yes

Mishti - So for that he kills the animals?

Me - Ya...

Mishti - Then why is he the King of the jungle? King has to protect everyone na...

Me - Right beta... I don't know why someone who harms everyone is made the King....

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Mahatma Gandhi

After the recent celebration of our 70th Independence Day, Mishti knows quite a bit about the day.
Some due to the patriotic movies watched by her father the entire day, some due to the little kid who dressed up like Lokmanya Tilak at our society's Independence Day event and a lot more after asking nearly 500 questions to me about Freedom, Freedom fighters and Independence.
Some questions were like..

"Mamma you said Pakistan was part of India, then if we both got independence then why did Pakistan get separated?"

"Mamma why did British people trouble us?"

"Mamma why would British people want our money if they had their own?"

And today's question was...

Mishti : "Mamma how did Mahatma Gandhi fight for freedom."

Me : He fought through non-violence which means without harming anyone.

Mishti : Mamma do you know if Mahatma Gandhi went for a Karate class when he was small?

Me : No... I have no idea betu.... but why?

Mishti : Just like that... I just wanted to know...

Saturday, August 6, 2016

No Parking

6/8/16

It was a special day for Mishti as she could finally get on a stage and address a good number of audience :)

Yes, she has been longing for this day. Last year in Chennai too she was selected for the inter school story telling competition. But the parents were not allowed in the competition. Moreover there was no dias. It was more like telling the story just to the judges.

This time too it was inter school story telling competition. She kept asking me if she was going to be on the stage. And finally she could :)

After her competition was over, we went to a mall to celebrate. While coming out of the mall she saw a sign board, which said, 'No parking'. Adi and I were busy in our conversation and didn't even notice what she did...

All of a sudden between our conversation...with a deep sigh in her voice, Mishti says.... "No Parking.... but so many parking!!!!"

We stop our conversation and look at the other side of the road... she was right :D