– Fight for the Young World (Children’s section from The Hindu) on Saturday mornings between me and bro KA
– The puris and sundal breakfast on Sunday mornings
– Reading aloud horoscopes on the Magazine section of the The Hindu and laughing on Sunday mornings at the marble steps in front of home in Trichy
– Racing down the stairs to welcome dad home from his trips on Saturday morning.. yes the auto horn was the indicator
– Scraping out the bottom of the big aluminium kadai after mom had made chocolate!! yummy!
– Picking up the pavalamali flowers for puja..hmm we grumbled and whined over the chore but it is still a memory
– Making garlands with the flowers in the after-siesta hours… this tradition dates back to the days when SV anna was in Trichy for his studies…
– Power cuts and sitting in the backyard/front yard catching up
– Quizing over dinner time at R’s ancestral home in Madurai
– Maligai poo, pacha poo in summer
– Birthday dinners at Gajapriya, Femina and in the recent years in Sangam in Trichy
– After work/school meetings around the dining table with great food and V’s mamaiyaa
– Word games on road trips and friendly competition between R and his siblings
– Briyani and Fish lunch on Sunday afternoons
– The 5.30am phone calls when I was in hostel
– Mamaiyaa dropping her for every single board exam

and the list goes on…

here in Houston we have our built our own set of traditions

– Friday night dinners to unwind
– Diwali party to catch up with friends
– Putting up Chirstmas lights before Diwali till New Year
– Early morning in front of stores on Black Friday to hit the sales
– After Chirstmas sales shopping!
– Gulub jamuns made from scratch for Diwali
– Lazy picnics in Kemah
– Fruit picking in summers…..
– Chirstmas tree in Galleria ice rink