Tag: #goingbackhome

• Returning to the Nest

  

  I am sitting at my desk, in Mumbai, in the early hours of the morning. The words in my head play havoc. And I must follow their command and rise even as the rest of the family continues to sleep, tired after the holidays that took us home. Its 5.45 a.m. The sun is yet…

  Smitha V

  March 24, 2019

  Creative Writing, Experiences

  #buildrelations, #countryside, #diary, #experiences, #family, #fiction, #goingbackhome, #India, #life, #lifeateacher, #Mangalore, #mangaloredays, #memories, #mydiary, #nest, #nostalgia, #parenting, #people, #returnhome, #roots, #SouthIndia, #truth, #villagelife, change, Creative Writing, Experiences, My diary

• India Diaries 5: India’s 71st Independence Day and our First in the country and Nag Panchami- 15/8/2018

  

  Its India’s 71st Independence Day and our first in the country.  As expected there is a lot of excitement at home as both the girls wake up in the morning to don the Indian attire white salwar kameez, complete with jhumkas, bindis and bangles for the Independence Day celebrations at school.  Outside on the streets, shops,…

  Smitha V

  August 15, 2018

  Creative Writing, Experiences, Travel

  #belief, #faith, #goingbackhome, #India, #indiadiaries, #Indiaindependenceday, #mumbaidiaries, #mumbaikars, #mydiary, #nagpanchami, #patriotism, #roots, Creative Writing, Experiences, My diary, Travel

• Time to go Home

  

  As much as I love the land that I have lived in for almost my entire life, come June and l long for something more. A longing that reminds me that no matter where I go and how happy I am, I cannot be at ease unless I return. As the countdown to the holidays begin,…

  Smitha V

  June 16, 2017

  Experiences, Poetry

  #backtoyourroots, #expatriate, #goingbackhome, #immigrant, #India, #longing, #missinghome, #NaPoWriMo 2017, #postaweek, #roots, Experiences, Poetry

• Nostalgia -Going Back to the Roots…

  

  Mangalore is a coastal city in the southwest of India. Coconut trees, paddy fields, buffalo races, temples, beaches, a life that moves at it’s own pace is what makes this place so different from the other cities in India. It was the only place I visited year after year, every summer holiday because it was where grandma…

  Smitha V

  October 10, 2016

  Experiences

  #childhood, #diary, #emotions, #everydayinspiration, #experience, #goingbackhome, #grandma’s home, #life, #mangaloredays, #memories, #movingon, #nostalgia, #parenting, #roots, Experiences, My diary