Modi ji addressing the Indian Americans at the Madison Square Garden

Narendra Modi ji.. What a prudent politician!! 

Am i the only one who felt Gandhiji had reborn?? his soul must have wandered a whole of 2 and half years plus to arrive from the right womb!! What a man! What a movement in himself!! 90 minutes of engaging the audience non-stop confidently in our own swadeshi bhasha!!

What an amazing back end support force he must be having.. I know most of his speeches are impromptu.. but there are these unsung brains behind this great leader!! who might throw in pointers here and there. For instance.. that 100 year effect of Gandhiji returning back to india in 1915 and Modiji's ushering the Indian Americans back home in 2015..brilliant.. brilliant.. absolutely brilliant.. India has arrived and is on a Golden pedastal thanks to the one man! Modi Bhai... We love you!

An Introspection? How rooted are we Indians to our basics, say to start with our mother tongues??

This revelation took me by a jolt. Here I was always talking to my boys in tamil so they dont forget their mother tongue. And i can to some extent be proud that Arjun has picked up and he speaks good tamil back to me! But i seem to have lost it with Nakul the little fellow. I should be a proud mom when i hear a 3.9 yr old talk away in english with no grammar mistakes!.
Amma, I dont want sandwich for snack box today, give me idli and molapodi. Amma pooja aunty says Nakul is the best boy in the town, I tell aher aher.. ( the ha he uses is very sweet!!) I tell aher Arjun is the best brother in the town.. all this in one breath!! 

But wait, this was after i asked him in tamil 'inniki school la nee yenna panne' the answer comes in english. This evening when i was heading to the 'paatu class' introductiong round to the guruji closer home in an apartment complex. As the kids and me looked around to ask directions to someone, a kid asked looking at us are you looking for the music teacher's house am going there too. I ask him for how long have you been going to him,he's all about 8 yrs i could say, he replied from 2 years. I ask him do you love coming to the music class..He smiled and said a yes! I ask him so what do you speak at home. His reply JOLTED me, I speak english aunty but my mother tongue is Telugu!!

Well, Nakul will say the same thing in a few years if i dont address this problem!! I am scared and would want to correct it at bud.. Am going to be constantly telling myself to repeat and repeat myself to nakul in tamil. If i get a response in english , am going to be talking back in tamil and nudge him to do so.. This is going on for the last 10 days.. and for now he says something in english , looks at me, pauses and looks at me questioningly as to why i have not replied then realises that he's not doing something he's got to do and asks amma tamizh la? then i lead him as to how he could say the same thing in tamizh!
This should get better!! Whats your situation!! lets introspect !

My New found love for Quilted Zipper Pouches

Quilted Zipper Pouches will soon see another adjective added to the title 'Patch worked'. 

These pouches went as keepsakes to a friend in Thiruvella, Kerala. These are 3 layered pouches where, the outer layer is interfaced with a canvas sheet or sometimes a bedsheet thats gone unused and sewn together using the criss cross stitch pattern all along the fabric. A 3rd inner lining layer is added so the pouch is sturdy! . You will be seeing a lot of mix and match and patching in these pouches moving forward. Very excited about it!

Being a part of the Desi Quilter's forum on facebook has been of immense inspiration. Indian women are amazingly talented. Thanks to Facebook and other forums, we women have found our calling! You must join the group to see the amount of creativity that flows in each and every member's post in the forum. 

You must necessarily be a quilter to join this group on fb and  strictly restrict your posts to Quilting related ones only. Do check the link here

https://www.facebook.com/groups/233721996728443/. Have fun sewing!