From my Diaries - 1
Saturday, 15th Jan 2011
There was nothing special today! No special pongal celebrations also... everything went on just the same. As usual I got up late and had a normal day. Good to taste the sweet pongal prepared by my mom and mother in law. Ofcourse I still don't know to prepare that sweet pongal 
. If that’s the state of my generation I wonder what will happen in the next generation. I don't know whether my son will get a chance to taste this type of traditional food later in his life. So as usual, I have decided to learn how to prepare sweet pongal and prepare it myself atleast next pongal. But I don't know whether this will happen at least next year...
BTW, so very unusual of me I preferred to wear my new Pongal sari today. I still can't understand why I decided to buy one sari this year 
. Ofcourse there was one interesting conversation that came up because of my sari. I asked my sister-in-law whether I look good in sari. She said I look good but I am a bit different in sari as compared to churidars. She went ahead and said that all colors suit me because of my skin color i.e. complexion.
I know that was a compliment but that triggered lot of flash backs 
Before my marriage when my parents were looking for an alliance for me, I know that few people didn't like my photo because of my "then" complexion. For some strange reason, even an average looking man in our country expect a "very fair" wife ....... Thanks to my Company's centralized AC and bus service, I rarely go out in sun and I can see that I have progressed from medium to fair complexion now
So this is something to keep in my mind and tell my son. Don't go for complexion and body types. That will not stay forever.
But then thinking about it, I think it's something to do with our custom. How can you select your life partner just by looking at a photo or by just seeing the person once??? But sometimes that works too .. like my marriage or atleast I hope so 
My son told me that I look fat in sari 
May be it's time to spend some time for exercises.
I am a bit worried about my career. Nothing is moving on there. No promotions this time also. I have not been into anything interesting for some time now Just wondering whether I should think about shifting my job. May be... but I will think about it tomorrow... I don't want to waste a precious Saturday night thinking about it....
