Ah! Print Acceptance

So, this morning I wake up to some really exciting news—my blog’s been mentioned in the Indian Express's Indulge’s Web Scout section.

I usually rush to grab Indulge on Fridays (I swear!) and read Niladri’s column, and glance through the list of blogs mentioned. Today, though, I had to look at it twice—and there it was: chennaigirlreturnshome.blogspot.com!

I jumped up and down, after ensuring that it was indeed my blog they were talking about, and was almost incoherent as I told my parents-in-law, “Indulge has mentioned my blog.”

I phoned V. from downstairs (after all, it’s not everyday that your blog gets mentioned in a national newspaper), and told him my blog was mentioned, when my mother-in-law asked me, “What is a blog?” I explained that it was sort of like an online diary. My father-in-law read the short write-up. My mother-in-law asked me again, “But where’s your name?”

Me: Opening my mouth and closing it.

In about 10 minutes, V. walked down. And ma-in-law was happy to see her son get up so early!

“Maybe you should write to Indian Express everyday,” she said, before walking off to water her garden, “Then V. may get up early everyday.”

Me: Speechless!