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#SS 24/100/2020
At long last.
Back in a saree for Guru Poornnima.
And managing to twin too.
With the most obvious choice.
My doppelganger.
A pat on the back for me.
A long day.
Chores, house cleaning, grocery, flower shopping, prepping lunch and prasad.
And in between taking Daughter #1 shopping.
My twin, born 3 years apart, Thayalini CT Nagendran across the Tasman ditch,
Elegant, Gorgeous, in a luxurious white pure kanjivaram silk, with gold stripes, a dark pink and gold pallu and borders, with mangoes and tear drops. 30 years old from her wedding trousseau.
Me, in a creamy gold pure kanjivaram silk, with gold thread tiny checks, a shocking pink and gold pallu and borders with teardrops, mangoes, Yazh/dragons, my favourite Annapakshis/swans. The borders and pallu are topped with a light parrot green. Blouse is the saree’s, a shocking pink with the mythological creatures in gold on its sleeves. Gifted by hubby 3 years ago.
Fought like cats and dogs growing up, and now argue quite politically correctly.
We’ve managed to agree on our twinning pose, an achievement in itself.
But she’s my go to, and I love her more than I love myself, which is saying a lot, as my family know I am crazy about myself and they hear about it all the time. Husband can recite it backwards like a mantra – “even if you sail the 7 seas and roam the 7 worlds, you will not find one such as me..”
No one has my back like my darling kindred soul. As my sakhis would know, we lost our dad at 15, 12, and we got through some tough times just by being together.
Christoper Robin’s words ring true for us, being in different countries,
” One thing you should know, no matter where I go, we’ll always be together.”
Yup, Thaya, always..sending you much love x o
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PS. That last line was when I fell asleep typing this. Better this than hitting the backspace key 😂😎
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