{"id":3207,"date":"2015-03-27T08:08:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T08:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/100sareepact.com\/WP411\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2015-04-28T05:17:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T05:17:57","slug":"okay-theres-a-reason-this-is-the-2nd-post-for-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/100sareepact.com\/?p=3207","title":{"rendered":"Okay, there’s a reason this is the 2nd post for the day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, there’s a reason this is the 2nd post for the day – no, it’s not because I have officially lost it Today is the last day I meet Amma before I head out for my twin’s thread ceremony and hence the last day that I get to practice wearing the madisaar. I am wearing the madisaar (or ombadhu gajam as we Palakkad Iyers – the Tam-Brahms from Kerala, say) that Amma wore when she got married in 1969 when she was 26.5 years. Even as Amma was\u00a0guiding me and saying “a little more there and a little less here”, felt so emotional and amazing, when I wore it. I remember seeing this as a young girl and wondering why Amma never got the right shade of blue for the blouse. For Appa’s 60th birthday, I had gone to buy a perfect matching blouse with a vengeance! I saw this multi coloured checked blouse and thought it brought out the saree colour so beautifully. So there I am, wearing Amma’s madisaar with her blouse and thaali (Tamil mangalsutra). The malli poo from this morning was almost completely dried up. So I requested my Daai’s son to get me some fresh ones. Nothing like fresh malli poo buds strung together!<\/span><\/p>\n

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With me is Amma’s Maami, the oldest person in our family. Went to meet her to seek her blessings for the thread ceremony. Didn’t call before I went because I wanted to surprise her. She was so happy to see me in the madisaar, she cried! And I was so happy to meet her, hug her and see her smile. Felt guilty for not meeting her more often. Maami loves to listen to music, so I told her that although I have not been practicing, I want to sing for her. I sat down cross legged on the floor, politely refusing her request that I sit up since I am wearing a madisaar, and asked her what song she’d like me to sing – and voila! She said Bhavayaami – the song that makes me feel so close to God. So sing I did and we hugged, as I promised to take the twins to meet her. Some relationships are so beautiful – you can’t name them, you don’t keep in touch for such a long time, but the bond is just so strong<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Okay, there’s a reason this is the 2nd post for the day – no, it’s not because I have officially lost it Today is the last day I meet Amma before I head out for my twin’s thread ceremony and hence the last day that I get to practice wearing the madisaar. I am wearing…<\/p>\n

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