
VEENA BAKHLE
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'Bidadi Mane' ( बिडदी मने ) is a term in Kannada which means a room where the bride's maternal side gifts are arranged in a wedding, including kitchen essentials. As a child when I attended weddings in Mysore and Bangalore, the 'Bidadi Mane' translated to a plethora of kitchen vessels viz. pressure...
Posted on 2 October 2024 | 7:51 am
Read postThey had just shifted to Nelli, a town somewhat unheard of. She had to search a good school for her daughter once again and then find something productive for herself. Kannan was ambitious & had changed his job recently. She had agreed to take a back seat & looked for free lancing jobs in the hours...
Posted on 15 November 2021 | 5:12 am
Read postI arrived on this Earthonly to depart someday...Knew it on the surfacewhen my 'Rakhee' brother got whisked away...by the furious waters of Narmada that day.'can never forget the agony of the mother...who waited for a son to be bornafter tons of prayers from dusk to dawn.The son who gave eighteen yea...
Posted on 12 February 2021 | 6:12 am
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