Sushanta’s Birthday

My son Sushanta turns 13 today. Over the last couple of years he has grown at a phenonmenal rate and stands at 5′10″ and wears size 10 shoes (I wear size 6/7!!). But despite his size, he is still a kid, very innocent and introvert as ever. As always, we try to make the occasion [...]

New Year 2009

Unlike on many other occassions, this time around we did not go out to celebrate the New Year. After the shock incidents at Mumbai and its aftereffects we decided that this is the time for the family to come together, spend time at home and try to rediscover lost moments of childhood…

Incidentally, my elder [...]

Annual Day of Sushanta’s school

The Annual Day function of Sushanta’s School was conducted at the sec 7 sports ground yesterday. Thankfully it was on a Saturday and we all could attend the function.
Sushant is big for his age and often is the subject of comments from his friends because of his size. He is merely 13 yrs but already [...]

Apul turns 4

My younger son Apul turns 4 today. He was not feeling well, down with cold and slight fever for some days. However he was very happy when preparations for his b’day party started.

Many of his friends as well as those of

Run to the Hills

It is the middle of summer and unlike last year the weather this time around has been quite bearable. In fact with the timely onset of monsoon there has been quite a lot of unexpected showers. However because of the cloudy skies, the humidity is quite high and when it combines with slightly higher temperatures, [...]

Apul’s first day in School

Today is a special day in our lives as our little kid started attending school for the first time. Apul will be turning 4 this July and it is comparatively late to start school going by the trends nowadays wherein kids as young as 2 are being sent to prep school. Some of my friends [...]

Cheiraoba 2008

Its been a long time since I last celebrated Cheiraoba at home in Imphal. This time around, it was a good experience, full of fun, emotion and nostalgic moments as we enjoyed Cheiraoba all over again after a gap of some 12 years.

Cheiraoba is primarily a festival to mark the end of the harvesting season, [...]

R.K. Ongbi Dashi Devi Memorial Trophy

On the 5th of November, 2007, the first R.K. Ongbi Dashi Devi Memorial Trophy was given away by Fr. MC George, Oja Indi and my bro R.K. Sachi to Sh Abhinandan Hijam, the boy who scored the highest marks in Life Science in the High School Leaving Certificate, 2007 (Matric). As Abhinandan was out of [...]

Apul’s 3rd Birthday

My second son Apul turned 3 on July the 20th, 2007. He has grown bigger, and bigger by the day and sometimes it is difficult to deal with the situation arising out of his size. Just for example, we went to the Ebony Mall in Sec 9 to buy him a set of new clothes. [...]

Nahutpa of Apul

The Nahutpa (Mundan/Churakaran) of my son Apul, now rechristened by the Pandit as Sarvadamand, was performed on the 15th of December, 2006.
 
This time around we, i.e my wife and I, did most ofthe planning and execution ourselves. Being in another state, bogged down by heavy schedules, we normally depended on our relatives back home to [...]