Idlis, dal, friends, family for Rawin ...

... not in that particular order we think, although we don't really know Rawin's preference. From 5th to 15th January, Tuk and I with Rawin spent a really wonderful time with friends and family in Chennai and Trivandrum. We started and ended the visit in Patrick's house and were taken care of by his entire family especially his wonderful wife Geeta and their two sons. There we also met Thomas and his family, and my elder sisters Indira and Vasantha who were both eager to hug and cuddle Rawin. In Chennai also, my elder brother Lawrence was greeted with a big smile by Rawin as if to say he is well remembered from Lawrence's visit to Bangkok when Rawin was only about a month old. And we made a trip to Trivandrum to stay at the home of my other elder brother Ravi and his wife Sundari, and where my mother - Rawin's Indian grandmother - now lives. Ravi and Sundari were really delighted to spend time playing with Rawin. And as a mark of this visit, in the best Indian tradition, the "Hon'ble Thiru Thai-natu Ilavarasar Rawin" planted some seeds in their vegetable garden.