There was a family get together last night. One of my cousin is getting married today, so yesterday was the ‘day-before-the-wedding’ getting together of the bride’s and groom’s families. As expected, a lot of my relatives where present at the function - people whom I really don’t interact with, but smile anyway because it is basic courtesy.

I was standing next to my mom, just about ready to leave {after a sumptuous meal ;)} when a lady, probably as old as my mother, came up and began speaking to us. My mom looked at her and introduced me, and this lady’s eyes sparkled as she told me with a huge smile “I have seen you once, when you were a three month old baby. We had come to your place in Madras, and you were sleeping blissfully then.” I was dumbfounded!! What a memory!! The way she spoke made it look like she had seen me just yesterday, thumb sucking, cradle and all!! Boy!!