Great to see an Indian take on the traditional circus.
Complete with animals, thankfully animatronics or costume.
It was the circus we visited.
Category: our story
Elite Skating
Adithya the coach of elite academy
has been a fantastic help with Kaveri.
Kaveri has changed to a ‘day’ school, spends alternate weeks at mysore bed and breakfast, can therefore now attend the academy on a regular basis.
Today we were at the heats for state races.
Kaveri got a silver.
And was able to spend quality time with friends.
Kaveri has shown she can concentrate, focus and achieve through her time at the academy. I needn’t have worried.
Factoid
In her final race she gestured for her friend to pass her for third place, as she hadn’t been placed before. That’s my girl.
Pitru Paksha arrives
The team puts it all together….
Photos and flowers all lined up …
Lucie with collar
and Ina with Momo.
Favourite sweets, jewels, nuts, crunchie, alcohol (shh), clothing, fruits,
Biscuits for Lucie (the shop insisted sugarless is best, let’s not get into the detail that it’s for her spirit), Momo for Ina (her favourite, she has great Tibetan links)
All make their appearance …
But where’s lunch?
Next
Sowbaghya has cooked it, Satish, serves it out. It’ll not be for the crows (sometimes food is placed on the roof or beside the river for the crows to eat ) as they represent the soul of the ‘departed’.
Time for the idler to get dressed in his wedding outfit.
We help their spirits on their journey to whatever’s next.
We then leave the house for their spirits to visit, eat and drink, making lots of noise, as we return, so they know to leave and not get caught out.
I’ve told MAnjula we’re moving to a new house. She’ll be with us.
Factoid
It’s now over six years that Manjula continued her spiritual journey. Each year on her birthday and death anniversary we do puja to help her on her way.
From this year we’ve decided to honour all our departed family members on Pitra Paksha, when everyone does the same.
Preparation for Pitru Paksha
On the final day of pitru paksha …
We remember our family members that have moved on.
Helping bring peace to their souls and help them attain moksha or liberation.
Each of the six years since Manjula died we’ve celebrated her in many ways including puja on the anniversary of her death and on her birthday.
Ina would visit us every year in August and died in 2024,
Tomorrow, on the final day of Pitru Paksha (21st September) we’ll remember MAnjula, Lucie and Ina with a special puja, all three of them together as they’re family.
Factoid Footnote (found by AI)
Pitru (shradh or Mahalaya) is a holy period dedicated to paying homage to ancestors and departed loved ones
Paksha
A paksha is literally a “side” and represents one half of a lunar month, lasting about 15 days.
Or half a month on either side of the full moon.
Relates to the waxing and waning of the moon.
We’re house hunting …
AI finds MAnjula ….
and this is what it thinks.
More of our links can be found in this posting and at the bottom.
That’s ‘showcasing Indian hospitality’
and here she is …
Here’s that party for forty young women.
Celebrating MAnjula
More videos including a wonderful one of MAnjula cooking.
BK
Lifted from my Facebook
For those who don’t.
Moreart
What is this idiot doing?
It’s a dog.
Here’s the mould Sharath first created.
The discolouration in the piece I’ve bought is in a similar position to Lucie’s white/grey patches.
until he/she finds a more permanent place.
Vehicel
After visiting and living here for twenty years, I realise that I’m absorbing the different ways.
It even affects my English.
When I see something misspelt it takes some time to adjust my set— shifting from a little doubt to eventual realisation — it is actually wrong and what the correct spelling is
I’m cycling this morning around the base of Chamundi hill. I saw vehicel painted on a lorry, and it felt wrong minutes later I knew the solution
vehicle.
But I didn’t know straightaway. Years ago I would have.
The time it took to convince myself is the sign of a 68 year old falling behind but also adjustment (and confusion) due to different behaviours.
Globally it also happens.
The behaviour of leaders creates a shift to a new normal. Extremes become the middle — as what was unusual and frowned upon becomes acceptable.
Just look at Trump his publically outlandish behaviour gives permission to others to do the same.
Not only that
The behaviour of other leaders before him who’ve shifted but kept it hidden can now be more open about how they’ve been behaving.
The bullies become the norm.
Look around, it’s everywhere.
….
I think we adjust to different norms of behaviour whether it’s spelling or locking up ‘the other’ and our care, compassion and tolerance diminishes.
It’s been quite a week
Already and it’s only Tuesday
This week we start a new arrangement.
Kaveri is now staying alternate weeks between the home MAnjula created and home with her mum Chandrika
That’s after ..
.. a Great weekend together
It’s involved buying new shoes, maths, animals, angles, English, Hindi (I was not involved with that one), breakfast, more and more.
It’s exhausting.
I’m feeling it but also realising how Sowbaghya is stepping up by preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner and finishing my pathetic attempts to comb Kaveri’s hair.
It reminds me of … what a challenge it is and my own long hair in the 70s.
and another thing … the curriculum, text books, homework have made mistakes about turtles and tortoises. It’s sort of understandable but can’t correct it for Kaveri as she’d then answer it wrong in her homework or test. . Now there’s a lesson, of sorts.
A tortoise might be a type of ‘turtle’ and a reptile but it doesn’t live in water but on land!!
Here’s thanks from AI searching the net.
Yes, all tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. Tortoises are a type of turtle that are specifically adapted to live on land, while the term “turtle” generally refers to reptiles with shells that can live in both aquatic and terrestrial environments.
Here’s a more detailed explanation:
- Order Testudines:Both turtles and tortoises belong to the order Testudines, which encompasses all reptiles with a shell.
- Tortoises:Tortoises are a family of turtles (Testudinidae) characterized by their terrestrial lifestyle and distinct physical features like domed shells and sturdy, often “elephantine” legs.
- Turtles:The term “turtle” is broader and can include both aquatic (like sea turtles and freshwater turtles) and semi-aquatic species, as well as tortoises.
- Key Difference:The primary difference lies in their habitat and related adaptations. Tortoises are land-dwellers, while turtles can be aquatic, semi-aquatic, or terrestrial.
The homework had got tortoises going in the water.
Me and MYCycle 