To Amma

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Handwritten updates

Hope you all have enjoyed the Handwritten series so far. Hard to believe, but we have had a total of 18 handwritten correspondences, each one bringing us a tad bit closer as one big happy family!

We definitely can not deny the fact that we feel more connected now and we all feel terrible about losing one of us - Mohan Jadav - who had jumped onboard the idea so willingly just days ago but has departed from us so suddenly... Life has its way sometimes and we have no clue...

My sincere thanks to everyone participated in writing and also reading. Of course without the readers the writing would be of no fun. Appreciate it much!

I know some of you really wanted to write but errands have kept you busy or you were hesitant to publish your handwriting. Here's offering you another enticing opportunity to still be part of the game.

How about Typewritten letters?! Yes, I mean electronically typed in computer and sent by email... Why not?! We still want to hear from you one-on-one on your latest updates. I am sure rest of the players and readers would agree with me on this.

Also, you may "write" to one another - not only to me. Bikramjit is a candidate who would like to hear from some of you. His email address is: mannbik at googlemail dot com My Mom too would absolutely love to hear from you. Her email address is yohapushpam at hotmail dot com. Now, if you want it published you will need to email it to me. (nrigirl at hotmail dot com)

So, go ahead pen type a few words and mail it to nrigirl@hotmail.com

Eagerly awaiting,
~ NRIGirl

P.S: Handwritten posts are still welcome!

Flipped Horizontal

Here's presenting "Flipped Horizontal" by Hari! Hopefully this will remove some of the frustrations over my last post... Thank you Hari! That was very smart! You Rock!!

From NRIGirl

Friends! Just for fun tried something new... Let's see if you can figure it out... Please click on the picture once to open in a new browser, click again to view bigger...

To Bikramjit

From Bikramjit

From My Grandma

Since we are in the middle of Handwritten series I thought it would be a good idea to share a letter from my Grandma from the year 1994. I was doing my MCA staying on campus. Though my Grandma is no longer with us, I can see her love remains; I am so blessed to share in her love and blessings. 

She is the best Grandma ever made! Okay, now that may be a rude statement; how about I say, all Grandmas are made equal?! Please click on the image once to view in full. Translation follows below the image for those who can't read Tamil...

My loving child Queenma, from Grandma who loves you a lot. Are you well? Be well. I pray for you to learn your subjects carefully and to get good grades. Pray everyday, read the Bible. Is your scooter a blessing? No running around places. Only use it to go to college.

May God's grace protect you. Let Him be like a mother bird that protects from front and rear. Write to me in your own hand. I need to see that. Write to me about your situation. Because ever since the scooter came there I feel very afraid. May the Lord protect you from all danger. Pray well. Say Thank you.

Pray for Sweetma to do well in her exams and for little brother's studies, and for your beloved Amma and Pappa. May God bless you. I am not able to write well as my hand is shaking.  Let us praise God who thought about us in our lowliness. May the Lord be with you in all your ways. Glory be to Him only.

Reply me, I will be awaiting. My loving child Queenma, many kisses to you. Hallelujah!

To Bhawna

From Bhawna

To Mohan

Dear Readers! Kindly excuse the illegible print. For whatever reason, the script does not come through properly in the scanned copy. Since I tried it at least twice without any improvement decided to post the second one as is... Have to find a good pen next time! You can click on the image below to open it in a new browser and then click once more to view the original size...

From Mohan

To Punam

From Punam

Please click here to check out Punam's blog: Dreamz Forever She has a dedicated one for her paintings and one for her poems/thoughts...

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From @Stranger to @YL

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To @SG

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From @YL to @Stranger

To @Stranger

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From @Stranger

If you would like to take part in our "Handwritten" series please check out our brainstorming session. Thank you!

Handwritten - Response

A while ago I had posted a handwritten letter in my blog which was later mailed to one of our fellow bloggers. This week I received the response which is posted below with permission, as promised. 

Now this has initiated a whole new idea in my mind. What if we write letters to one another and post the response in our blogs along with the original letters? Not sure how many of you feel upto it. Even if we have five volunteers it will be fun. If you want to remain anonymous and don't feel comfortable sharing your mailing address, we can play it by email - handwritten and scanned... Who wants to play?

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Handwritten